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System.String.PadLeft Method

Right-aligns the characters in the current instance, padding on the left with a specified Unicode character, for a specified total length. [Edit]

public string PadLeft (int totalWidth, char paddingChar)

Parameters

totalWidth
A int containing the number of characters in the resulting string. [Edit]
paddingChar
A char that specifies the padding character to use. [Edit]

Returns

A new string that is equivalent to the current instance right-aligned and padded on the left with as many paddingChar characters as needed to create a length of totalWidth . If totalWidth is less than the length of the current instance, returns a new string that is identical to the current instance. [Edit]

Exceptions

TypeReason
ArgumentExceptiontotalWidth is less than zero. [Edit]

Remarks

Documentation for this section has not yet been entered. [Edit]

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0