# padding

## Description

Generates a padded text.

## Input / Parameter

| Name      | Description                                          | Input Type | Default | Options             | Required |
| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------- | ------------------- | -------- |
| text      | The text to be padded.                               | Text       | -       | -                   | Yes      |
| type      | The location of the ‘text’ within the padded string. | Text       | Right   | Left, Center, Right | Yes      |
| length    | The total length of the padded string.               | Number     | -       | -                   | Yes      |
| character | The value to use as padding.                         | Text       | -       | -                   | No       |

## Output

| Description                  | Output Type |
| ---------------------------- | ----------- |
| Returns the new padded text. | String/Text |

## Example

In this example, we will try to apply padding on a long text

### Steps

1. Drag a `button` component into the canvas and open the `Action` tab. Select the `press` event of the button.
2. Add `Log.write` function and add a subflow on its value, then put `Text.padding` inside it. Fill up the parameters accordingly.

   ![](/files/5bH4k3PMwTP52cPLbxGJ)

### Result

1. The console on preview will show the padded text according to the previous setting.

   ![](/files/yCDRUJMuDXM3bXPFYvx6)

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