System.SysUtils.TStringHelper.PadLeft

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Delphi

function PadLeft(TotalWidth: Integer): string; overload; inline;
function PadLeft(TotalWidth: Integer; PaddingChar: Char): string; overload; inline;

Properties

Type Visibility Source Unit Parent
function public System.SysUtils.pas System.SysUtils TStringHelper

Description

Right-aligns a string into a fixed-length text space.

var
  MyString1: String;
  MyString2: String;

begin
  MyString1 := '12345';
  MyString2 := '123';
  Writeln(MyString1.PadLeft(5));
  Writeln(MyString2.PadLeft(5));
end.

Output:

12345
  123

There are two PadLeft overloaded methods. The first one assumes the pad character is the empty space, while the second one allows you to specify the padding character.

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