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leftPad

DataWeave 2.2 is compatible and bundled with Mule 4.2. This version of Mule reached its End of Life on May 2, 2023, when Extended Support ended.

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MuleSoft recommends that you upgrade to the latest version of Mule 4 that is in Standard Support so that your applications run with the latest fixes and security enhancements.

leftPad(String, Number, String): String

The specified text is left-padded to the size using the padText. By default padText is " ".

Returns left-padded String or original String if no padding is necessary.

Introduced in DataWeave 2.2.0. Supported by Mule 4.2 and later.

Parameters

Name Description

text

The input string.

size

The size to pad to.

padText

The text to pad with. It defaults to one space if not specified.

Example

This example shows how leftPad behaves with different inputs and sizes.

Source

%dw 2.0
import * from dw::core::Strings
output application/json
---
{
   "a": leftPad(null, 3),
   "b": leftPad("", 3),
   "c": leftPad("bat", 5),
   "d": leftPad("bat", 3),
   "e": leftPad("bat", -1)
}

Output

{
  "a": null,
  "b": "   ",
  "c": "  bat",
  "d": "bat",
  "e": "bat"
}

leftPad(Null, Number, String): Null

Helper function to make leftPad work with null value.