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====== PAD_LEFT ====== 
===== Description =====  
Pads the given string on the left with the specified character
===== Parameters =====  
Attribute of the Plain Text type or string constant or calculation producing text identifying the string to pad; the character to pad with; the resulting length of the string
===== Example =====  
<code aim>PAD_LEFT ('John', '0', 6) </code> returns ''00John''