Name: pad

Synonyms: padded,padding,pad

Type: glossary

Description:
To add data to a <value> in order to come up to an even amount. 
 
For example, if a <variable> is supposed to hold 10 <character|characters>, but the actual data is only six <character|characters>, you can pad the <variable> by adding four spaces to the end to make it the right size.

References: variable (glossary), value (glossary), character (glossary)

Tags: text processing
