# pad-width-left
Pad a string on the left to `w` DISPLAY cells (fill defaults to a
space). Unlike `pad-left`, East Asian Wide glyphs count as 2 cells, so
mixed-script columns stay aligned.
## Syntax
[pad-width-left $s $width ?fill]
## Examples
[pad-width-left "中文" 8] # " 中文" [pad-width-left "ab" 5 "-"] # "---ab"
## Returns
String.
## See Also
`pad-width-right`, `pad-left`, `width`