LPAD() বা RPAD() ফাংশন কলাম মানসহ ব্যবহার করতে কলাম নামটি ফাংশনের প্রথম আর্গুমেন্ট হিসেবে দিতে হয়।
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'Student' টেবিল থেকে:
mysql> SELECT Name, LPAD(Name, 10, '*') FROM student; +---------+-------------------+ | Name | LPAD(Name, 10, '*') | +---------+-------------------+ | Gaurav | ****Gaurav | | Aarav | *****Aarav | | Harshit | ***Harshit | | Gaurav | ****Gaurav | | Yashraj | ***Yashraj | +---------+-------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.08 sec) mysql> SELECT Name, RPAD(Name, 10, '*') FROM student; +---------+-------------------+ | Name | RPAD(Name, 10, '*') | +---------+-------------------+ | Gaurav | Gaurav**** | | Aarav | Aarav***** | | Harshit | Harshit*** | | Gaurav | Gaurav**** | | Yashraj | Yashraj*** | +---------+-------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
দুই ফাংশন একসাথে একই কোয়েরিতে ব্যবহার:
mysql> SELECT Name, RPAD(LPAD(Name, 10, '* '), 14, '* ') FROM student; +---------+----------------------------------+ | Name | RPAD(LPAD(Name, 10, '* '), 14, '* ') | +---------+----------------------------------+ | Gaurav | * * Gaurav* * | | Aarav | * * *Aarav* * | | Harshit | * *Harshit* * | | Gaurav | * * Gaurav* * | | Yashraj | * *Yashraj* * | +---------+----------------------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)