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String.PadLeft

Returns this string left-aligned in a field.

Overload List

Returns this string left-aligned in a field of specified width.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Function PadLeft(Integer) As String
[C#] public string PadLeft(int);
[C++] public: String* PadLeft(int);
[JScript] public function PadLeft(int) : String;

Returns this string left-aligned in a field and padded with the specified padding character as needed.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Function PadLeft(Integer, Char) As String
[C#] public string PadLeft(int, char);
[C++] public: String* PadLeft(int, __wchar_t);
[JScript] public function PadLeft(int, Char) : String;

Example

Managed C++:

Note   This example shows how to use one of the overloaded versions of PadLeft. For other examples that may be available, see the individual overload topics.
String *foo
= L"forty-two";
Console::WriteLine(foo->PadLeft(15,
L'.'));
Console::WriteLine(foo->PadLeft(2,
L'.'));
 
Visual
Basic:
Dim foo
As String
Dim bar
As Char
foo =
"forty-two"
bar =
Convert.ToChar(".")  'Must do
Char assignment in this round-about way for now since 
   'assignment of a
character literal to a Char (e.g. bar = "."C)
   'has not yet been
implemented in VB.
Console.WriteLine(foo.PadLeft(15,
bar))
Console.WriteLine(foo.PadLeft(2,
bar))

See Also

String Class | String Members | System Namespace