Field calculator "lpad()" operator does not work

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Author Name: Roy Roge (Roy Roge)
Original Redmine Issue: 15636
Affected QGIS version: 2.14.6
Redmine category:field_calculator

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Tested on a text field:

example:

1
2
3

lpad("fieldname", 2,'0')

expected result:

01
02
03

Thanks, Roy.
actual result:

1
2
3

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Author Name: Nyall Dawson (@nyalldawson)

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I can't reproduce - are you sure you aren't storing the result in a numeric field?

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Author Name: Roy Roge (Roy Roge)

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I'm quite sure because rpad was working properly,
anyway i cannot reproduce anymore and closing,
if i'll understand what was happening i'll reopen a new one,
thanks.

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• status_id was changed from Feedback to Closed

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Author Name: Roy Roge (Roy Roge)

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Maybe I was actually using a numeric field,
that would explain why only rpad was working
(10, 20, 30 are indeed legit numbers), sorry for the mess.