PadRight

PadRight[list, n] makes a list of length n by padding list with zeros on the right.

PadRight[list, n, x] pads by repeating the element x.

PadRight[list, n, , , ... ] pads by cyclically repeating the elements .

PadRight[list, n, padding, m] leaves a margin of m elements of padding on the left.

PadRight[list, , , ... ] makes a nested list with length at level i.

PadRight[list, n, ... ] always returns a list of length n.

Example: PadRight[a,b,c, 7] .

With padding , , ... cyclic repetitions of the are effectively laid down and then the list is superimposed on top of them, with the first element of the list lying on an occurrence of .

Examples: PadRight[a,b, 7, x,y,z] .

PadRight[a,b, 7, x,y,z, 2] .

See additional notes for PadLeft.

See Section 1.8.9, Section 2.4.3 and Section 2.4.4.

See also: PadLeft, Join, Partition, ListCorrelate, RotateRight.

New in Version 4.

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