Template:Leftpad
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The {{leftpad}} template pads a given string on the left with a specified character to make it a specified width.
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
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| width | The desired width of the padded string. The value of width is evaluated inside an #ifexpr, so it can be a mathematical expression. Note that {{leftpad}} uses {{repeat}}, which has a maximum repetition of 15, so an error will be produced if more than 15 padding characters are needed.
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| pad | The padding character. This is assumed to be a single character (this assumption is necessary to support things like pad={{space}}). If pad is not specified, {{space}} will be used, but this is kinda pointless because multiple consecutive spaces are treated as a single space in HTML.
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Usage examples
{{leftpad|width=8|pad=0|123}}→ 00000123{{leftpad|width=2+3|pad=.|abc}}→ ..abc{{leftpad|width=3|pad=0|12345}}→ 12345{{leftpad|width=10|abc}}→ abc{{leftpad|pad=X|abc}}→ abc{{leftpad|abc}}→ abc
