PadEnd / String Layer

Add padding characters to the right side of strings until they reach a specified length. Similar to Python's str.ljust() or Rust's pad_to_width(). Useful for:

Creating fixed-width text fields
Aligning text for display
Formatting data for legacy systems
Standardizing string lengths

Table

Select

column

The string column to pad. Strings longer than Length remain unchanged.

Length

u32

Target length (Length) for padded strings. Examples:

abc with length=5 becomes abc⎵⎵
x with length=3 becomes x⎵⎵
long_text with length=4 stays long_text

FillChar

string

Single character (FillChar) for padding. Common uses:

Space ( ) for text alignment
Zero (0) for numeric strings
Dash (-) for formatting

Name for the new column. If not provided, the system generates a unique name. If AsColumn matches an existing column, the existing column is replaced. The name should follow valid column naming conventions.