(define leftPad
(lambda (inputStr paddedLength ch)
(let ((padd (- paddedLength (string-length inputStr))))
(string-append
(if (> padd 0)
(make-string padd ch)
"")
inputStr))
))
(display(leftPad "1" 1 #\.))
(display #\newline)
(display(leftPad "2" 2 #\.))
(display #\newline)
(display(leftPad "3" 3 #\.))
(display #\newline)
(display(leftPad "4" 4 #\.))
(display #\newline)
(display(leftPad "5" 5 #\.))
(display #\newline)
(display(leftPad "hello" 7 #\.))
(display #\newline)
(display(leftPad "foo" 6 #\.))
(display #\newline)
(display(leftPad "foo" 3 #\.))
(display #\newline)
(display(leftPad "foobar" 3 #\.))
(display #\newline)
(display(leftPad "foo" 6 #\?))
(display #\newline)