RPAD

Description

Used to pad the specified character on the right side of the original string until met the specified length.

Syntax

RPAD ( <str> , <len> , <pad>)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`<str>`	The string to be padded.
`<len>`	The total length of the final result string, which represents character length rather than the byte length.
`<pad>`	The string used for padding.

Return Value

Returns the padded string. Special cases:

If any Parameter is NULL, NULL will be returned.
If <pad> is empty and <len> is greater than the length of <str>, the return value is an empty string.
If <len> is less than the length of <str>, the string obtained by truncating <str> to <len> is returned.
If <len> is less than 0, the return value is NULL.

Examples

SELECT rpad('hello', 1, '');

+----------------------+
| rpad('hello', 1, '') |
+----------------------+
| h                    |
+----------------------+

SELECT rpad('hello', 10, 'world');

+----------------------------+
| rpad('hello', 10, 'world') |
+----------------------------+
| helloworld                 |
+----------------------------+

SELECT rpad('hello', 10, '');

+-----------------------+
| rpad('hello', 10, '') |
+-----------------------+
|                       |
+-----------------------+

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