[#BloombergLP-bdlb-String-pad-08] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb.adoc[bdlb]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String.adoc[String]::pad :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Append repeatedly to the specified `string` the optionally specified `padChar` until `string` has the specified `length`. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlb_string.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- static void pad( std::string* string, int length, char padChar = ' '); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#