# pad-left Pad a string on the left to a minimum width. `width` counts CHARACTERS (`len` semantics); for display-cell alignment with wide glyphs use `pad-width-left`. ## Syntax

[pad-left $string $width $fill]

## Examples

[pad-left "5" 3 "0"]       # "005"
[pad-left "42" 5 " "]      # "   42"
[pad-left "中文" 4]         # "  中文"  (2 chars + 2 pad)

## Returns String. ## See Also `pad-right`, `pad-width-left`, `len`