Question
Left or Right pad a string
I couldn't find a built-in function to left/right pad a string with a given character. Is there one available?
For example I want to left pad with zeros for string 'xyz' so that the total length is 5.
Output should be '00xyz'
Thanks,
-Sri
In text control at read only text settings, there will a option to prepend/append, else do a edit input on property
Accepted Solution
Logic will differ based on the requirement. Below code will solve your example,
Assign a string parameter Param.DefaultPad="00000"
Now Assign another string parameter Param.Outcome=Param.DefaultPad+"YourProperty"
Now use length and substring function to get the last 5 characters from Param.Outcome.
For example if your property contains "xy" then outcome will be "000xy".
You can create your own function to accomplish this or can use activity to acheive it.
Thanks guys, all are useful suggestions. Sounds like we don't have a built-in string utility function, would be nice to have in future releases.
You need to use a Map Structured rule.This rule type allows you to define a length and whether you want to left or right pad to reach that length. You can also specify what character to pad with