Pad Text Step

Brief description

This step adds the defined number of times the defined character at the beginning or the end of the text is stored in the input string variable and stores the resulting text value in the string variable (examples of use)

 Step Information

Name (Not required)– custom name of the process step that labels the editor’s process step box

Input Parameters

• Source text variable (Required) – existing variable name of string data type that contains the input text value
• Pad options (Required)– the radio button that defines the position of the pad character(s) that needs to be added to the input text value
  • Left (at the beginning)
  • Right (at the end)
• Pad character (Required) – the value that defines the character (symbol) that needs to be added to the input text value
• Total length (Required) – the value that defines the total length of the resulting text

Output Parameters

• Destination padded text variable (Required)– existing or new variable name of string data type that contains the resulting value