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TEXTPADLEFT

Pads text on the left with character to reach specified length.

  • Origin: A deepcalc original
  • Excel: No equivalent
  • Google Sheets: No equivalent
  • Returns: Text

Examples

=TEXTPADLEFT("42", 5, "0")
Result 00042
=TEXTPADLEFT(A1, 10)
A
1 10
Result 10

Syntax

TEXTPADLEFT(text, length, [pad_char])
text
text required
length
number required
pad_char
text optional