# Left and Right Padding string function

**URL:** <https://forums.knack.com/t/left-and-right-padding-string-function/6487>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** equation-field\
**Created:** [January 31, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/left-and-right-padding-string-function/6487 "2020-01-31T10:52:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![NicolasMor21396](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@NicolasMor21396](https://forums.knack.com/u/NicolasMor21396)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/left-and-right-padding-string-function/6487/1 "2020-01-31T10:52:00Z")

</div>

Basic but usefull function.

Sample to pad left with zeros: PadLeft([field], '0')

Thanks!