In Oracle/PLSQL, the rpad function pads the right-side of a string with a specific set of characters.
The syntax for the rpad function is:
rpad( string1, padded_length, [ pad_string ] )
string1 is the string to pad characters to (the right-hand side).
padded_length is the number of characters to return. If the padded_length is smaller than the original string, the rpad function will truncate the string to the size of padded_length.
pad_string is optional. This is the string that will be padded to the right-hand side of string1. If this parameter is omitted, the rpad function will pad spaces to the right-side of string1.
Applies To:
· Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g
For example:
rpad('oracle', 7); | would return 'oracle ' |
rpad('oracle', 2); | would return 'or' |
rpad('oracle', 8, '0'); | would return 'oracle00' |
