diff --git a/src/Functions/GatherUtils/Sources.h b/src/Functions/GatherUtils/Sources.h
index 4dbaff9f567..9a459860a68 100644
--- a/src/Functions/GatherUtils/Sources.h
+++ b/src/Functions/GatherUtils/Sources.h
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ struct GenericValueSource : public ValueSourceImpl<GenericValueSource>
 {
     using Slice = GenericValueSlice;
     using SinkType = GenericArraySink;
+    using Column = IColumn;
 
     const IColumn * column;
     size_t total_rows;
diff --git a/src/Functions/leftPadString.cpp b/src/Functions/leftPadString.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index cdcfb46eb73..00000000000
--- a/src/Functions/leftPadString.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,194 +0,0 @@
-#include <Columns/ColumnDecimal.h>
-#include <Columns/ColumnFixedString.h>
-#include <Columns/ColumnString.h>
-
-#include <Functions/FunctionFactory.h>
-#include <Functions/FunctionHelpers.h>
-#include <Functions/IFunctionImpl.h>
-
-#include <type_traits>
-
-namespace DB
-{
-namespace ErrorCodes
-{
-    extern const int ILLEGAL_COLUMN;
-    extern const int ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT;
-    extern const int NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH;
-    extern const int BAD_ARGUMENTS;
-}
-
-namespace
-{
-    struct LeftPadStringImpl
-    {
-        static void vector(
-            const ColumnString::Chars & data,
-            const ColumnString::Offsets & offsets,
-            const size_t length,
-            const String & padstr,
-            ColumnString::Chars & res_data,
-            ColumnString::Offsets & res_offsets)
-        {
-            size_t size = offsets.size();
-            res_data.resize((length + 1 /* zero terminator */) * size);
-            res_offsets.resize(size);
-
-            const size_t padstr_size = padstr.size();
-
-            ColumnString::Offset prev_offset = 0;
-            ColumnString::Offset res_prev_offset = 0;
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
-            {
-                size_t data_length = offsets[i] - prev_offset - 1 /* zero terminator */;
-                if (data_length < length)
-                {
-                    for (size_t j = 0; j < length - data_length; ++j)
-                        res_data[res_prev_offset + j] = padstr[j % padstr_size];
-                    memcpy(&res_data[res_prev_offset + length - data_length], &data[prev_offset], data_length);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    memcpy(&res_data[res_prev_offset], &data[prev_offset], length);
-                }
-                res_data[res_prev_offset + length] = 0;
-                res_prev_offset += length + 1;
-                res_offsets[i] = res_prev_offset;
-            }
-        }
-
-        static void vectorFixed(
-            const ColumnFixedString::Chars & data,
-            const size_t n,
-            const size_t length,
-            const String & padstr,
-            ColumnFixedString::Chars & res_data)
-        {
-            const size_t padstr_size = padstr.size();
-            const size_t size = data.size() / n;
-            res_data.resize(length * size);
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
-            {
-                if (length < n)
-                {
-                    memcpy(&res_data[i * length], &data[i * n], length);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    for (size_t j = 0; j < length - n; ++j)
-                        res_data[i * length + j] = padstr[j % padstr_size];
-                    memcpy(&res_data[i * length + length - n], &data[i * n], n);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    };
-
-    class FunctionLeftPadString : public IFunction
-    {
-    public:
-        static constexpr auto name = "leftPadString";
-        static FunctionPtr create(const ContextPtr) { return std::make_shared<FunctionLeftPadString>(); }
-
-        String getName() const override { return name; }
-
-        bool isVariadic() const override { return true; }
-        size_t getNumberOfArguments() const override { return 0; }
-
-        bool useDefaultImplementationForConstants() const override { return true; }
-
-        DataTypePtr getReturnTypeImpl(const DataTypes & arguments) const override
-        {
-            size_t number_of_arguments = arguments.size();
-
-            if (number_of_arguments != 2 && number_of_arguments != 3)
-                throw Exception(
-                    ErrorCodes::NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH,
-                    "Number of arguments for function {} doesn't match: passed {}, should be 2 or 3",
-                    getName(),
-                    toString(number_of_arguments));
-
-            if (!isStringOrFixedString(arguments[0]))
-                throw Exception(
-                    ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT, "Illegal type {} of argument of function {}", arguments[0]->getName(), getName());
-
-            if (!isNativeNumber(arguments[1]))
-                throw Exception(
-                    ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT,
-                    "Illegal type {} of second argument of function {}",
-                    arguments[1]->getName(),
-                    getName());
-
-            if (number_of_arguments == 3 && !isStringOrFixedString(arguments[2]))
-                throw Exception(
-                    ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT,
-                    "Illegal type {} of third argument of function {}",
-                    arguments[2]->getName(),
-                    getName());
-
-            return arguments[0];
-        }
-
-        ColumnPtr executeImpl(const ColumnsWithTypeAndName & arguments, const DataTypePtr &, size_t /*input_rows_count*/) const override
-        {
-            const ColumnPtr str_column = arguments[0].column;
-            String padstr = " ";
-            if (arguments.size() == 3)
-            {
-                const ColumnConst * pad_column = checkAndGetColumnConst<ColumnString>(arguments[2].column.get());
-                if (!pad_column)
-                    throw Exception(
-                        ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_COLUMN,
-                        "Illegal column {} of third ('pad') argument of function {}. Must be constant string.",
-                        arguments[2].column->getName(),
-                        getName());
-
-                padstr = pad_column->getValue<String>();
-            }
-
-            const ColumnConst * len_column = checkAndGetColumnConst<ColumnConst>(arguments[1].column.get());
-            if (!len_column)
-                throw Exception(
-                    ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_COLUMN,
-                    "Illegal column {} of second ('len') argument of function {}. Must be a positive integer.",
-                    arguments[1].column->getName(),
-                    getName());
-            Int64 len = len_column->getInt(0);
-            if (len <= 0)
-                throw Exception(
-                    ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS,
-                    "Illegal value {} of second ('len') argument of function {}. Must be a positive integer.",
-                    arguments[1].column->getName(),
-                    getName());
-
-            if (const ColumnString * strings = checkAndGetColumn<ColumnString>(str_column.get()))
-            {
-                auto col_res = ColumnString::create();
-                LeftPadStringImpl::vector(
-                    strings->getChars(), strings->getOffsets(), len, padstr, col_res->getChars(), col_res->getOffsets());
-                return col_res;
-            }
-            else if (const ColumnFixedString * strings_fixed = checkAndGetColumn<ColumnFixedString>(str_column.get()))
-            {
-                auto col_res = ColumnFixedString::create(len);
-                LeftPadStringImpl::vectorFixed(strings_fixed->getChars(), strings_fixed->getN(), len, padstr, col_res->getChars());
-                return col_res;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                throw Exception(
-                    ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_COLUMN,
-                    "Illegal column {} of first ('str') argument of function {}. Must be a string or fixed string.",
-                    arguments[0].column->getName(),
-                    getName());
-            }
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-void registerFunctionLeftPadString(FunctionFactory & factory)
-{
-    factory.registerFunction<FunctionLeftPadString>(FunctionFactory::CaseInsensitive);
-    factory.registerAlias("lpad", "leftPadString", FunctionFactory::CaseInsensitive);
-}
-
-}
diff --git a/src/Functions/padString.cpp b/src/Functions/padString.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7711ab1a056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Functions/padString.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+#include <Columns/ColumnFixedString.h>
+#include <Columns/ColumnString.h>
+#include <Functions/FunctionFactory.h>
+#include <Functions/FunctionHelpers.h>
+#include <Functions/GatherUtils/Algorithms.h>
+#include <Functions/GatherUtils/Sinks.h>
+#include <Functions/GatherUtils/Sources.h>
+#include <common/bit_cast.h>
+
+namespace DB
+{
+using namespace GatherUtils;
+
+namespace ErrorCodes
+{
+    extern const int ILLEGAL_COLUMN;
+    extern const int ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT;
+    extern const int NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH;
+    extern const int TOO_LARGE_STRING_SIZE;
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    /// The maximum new padded length.
+    constexpr size_t MAX_NEW_LENGTH = 1000000;
+
+    /// Appends padding characters to a sink based on a pad string.
+    /// Depending on how many padding characters are required to add
+    /// the pad string can be copied only partly or be repeated multiple times.
+    template <bool is_utf8>
+    class PaddingChars
+    {
+    public:
+        explicit PaddingChars(const String & pad_string_) : pad_string(pad_string_) { init(); }
+
+        ALWAYS_INLINE size_t numCharsInPadString() const
+        {
+            if constexpr (is_utf8)
+                return utf8_offsets.size() - 1;
+            else
+                return pad_string.length();
+        }
+
+        ALWAYS_INLINE size_t numCharsToNumBytes(size_t count) const
+        {
+            if constexpr (is_utf8)
+                return utf8_offsets[count];
+            else
+                return count;
+        }
+
+        void appendTo(StringSink & res_sink, size_t num_chars) const
+        {
+            if (!num_chars)
+                return;
+
+            const size_t step = numCharsInPadString();
+            while (true)
+            {
+                if (num_chars <= step)
+                {
+                    writeSlice(StringSource::Slice{bit_cast<const UInt8 *>(pad_string.data()), numCharsToNumBytes(num_chars)}, res_sink);
+                    break;
+                }
+                writeSlice(StringSource::Slice{bit_cast<const UInt8 *>(pad_string.data()), numCharsToNumBytes(step)}, res_sink);
+                num_chars -= step;
+            }
+        }
+
+    private:
+        void init()
+        {
+            if (pad_string.empty())
+                pad_string = " ";
+
+            if constexpr (is_utf8)
+            {
+                size_t offset = 0;
+                utf8_offsets.reserve(pad_string.length() + 1);
+                while (true)
+                {
+                    utf8_offsets.push_back(offset);
+                    if (offset == pad_string.length())
+                        break;
+                    offset += UTF8::seqLength(pad_string[offset]);
+                    if (offset > pad_string.length())
+                        offset = pad_string.length();
+                }
+            }
+
+            /// Not necessary, but good for performance.
+            while (numCharsInPadString() < 16)
+            {
+                pad_string += pad_string;
+                if constexpr (is_utf8)
+                {
+                    size_t old_size = utf8_offsets.size();
+                    utf8_offsets.reserve((old_size - 1) * 2);
+                    size_t base = utf8_offsets.back();
+                    for (size_t i = 1; i != old_size; ++i)
+                        utf8_offsets.push_back(utf8_offsets[i] + base);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        String pad_string;
+        std::vector<size_t> utf8_offsets;
+    };
+
+    /// Returns the number of characters in a slice.
+    template <bool is_utf8>
+    inline ALWAYS_INLINE size_t getLengthOfSlice(const StringSource::Slice & slice)
+    {
+        if constexpr (is_utf8)
+            return UTF8::countCodePoints(slice.data, slice.size);
+        else
+            return slice.size;
+    }
+
+    /// Moves the end of a slice back by n characters.
+    template <bool is_utf8>
+    inline ALWAYS_INLINE StringSource::Slice removeSuffixFromSlice(const StringSource::Slice & slice, size_t suffix_length)
+    {
+        StringSource::Slice res = slice;
+        if constexpr (is_utf8)
+            res.size = UTF8StringSource::skipCodePointsBackward(slice.data + slice.size, suffix_length, slice.data) - res.data;
+        else
+            res.size -= std::min(suffix_length, res.size);
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    /// If `is_right_pad` - it's the rightPad() function instead of leftPad().
+    /// If `is_utf8` - lengths are measured in code points instead of bytes.
+    template <bool is_right_pad, bool is_utf8>
+    class FunctionPadString : public IFunction
+    {
+    public:
+        static constexpr auto name = is_right_pad ? (is_utf8 ? "rightPadUTF8" : "rightPad") : (is_utf8 ? "leftPadUTF8" : "leftPad");
+        static FunctionPtr create(const ContextPtr) { return std::make_shared<FunctionPadString>(); }
+
+        String getName() const override { return name; }
+
+        bool isVariadic() const override { return true; }
+        size_t getNumberOfArguments() const override { return 0; }
+
+        bool useDefaultImplementationForConstants() const override { return false; }
+
+        DataTypePtr getReturnTypeImpl(const DataTypes & arguments) const override
+        {
+            size_t number_of_arguments = arguments.size();
+
+            if (number_of_arguments != 2 && number_of_arguments != 3)
+                throw Exception(
+                    ErrorCodes::NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH,
+                    "Number of arguments for function {} doesn't match: passed {}, should be 2 or 3",
+                    getName(),
+                    std::to_string(number_of_arguments));
+
+            if (!isStringOrFixedString(arguments[0]))
+                throw Exception(
+                    ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT,
+                    "Illegal type {} of the first argument of function {}, should be string",
+                    arguments[0]->getName(),
+                    getName());
+
+            if (!isUnsignedInteger(arguments[1]))
+                throw Exception(
+                    ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT,
+                    "Illegal type {} of the second argument of function {}, should be unsigned integer",
+                    arguments[1]->getName(),
+                    getName());
+
+            if (number_of_arguments == 3 && !isStringOrFixedString(arguments[2]))
+                throw Exception(
+                    ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT,
+                    "Illegal type {} of the third argument of function {}, should be const string",
+                    arguments[2]->getName(),
+                    getName());
+
+            return arguments[0];
+        }
+
+        ColumnPtr executeImpl(const ColumnsWithTypeAndName & arguments, const DataTypePtr &, size_t input_rows_count) const override
+        {
+            auto column_string = arguments[0].column;
+            auto column_length = arguments[1].column;
+
+            String pad_string;
+            if (arguments.size() == 3)
+            {
+                auto column_pad = arguments[2].column;
+                const ColumnConst * column_pad_const = checkAndGetColumnConst<ColumnString>(column_pad.get());
+                if (!column_pad_const)
+                    throw Exception(
+                        ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_COLUMN,
+                        "Illegal column {}, third argument of function {} must be a constant string",
+                        column_pad->getName(),
+                        getName());
+
+                pad_string = column_pad_const->getValue<String>();
+            }
+            PaddingChars<is_utf8> padding_chars{pad_string};
+
+            auto col_res = ColumnString::create();
+            StringSink res_sink{*col_res, input_rows_count};
+
+            if (const ColumnString * col = checkAndGetColumn<ColumnString>(column_string.get()))
+                executeForSource(StringSource{*col}, column_length, padding_chars, res_sink);
+            else if (const ColumnFixedString * col_fixed = checkAndGetColumn<ColumnFixedString>(column_string.get()))
+                executeForSource(FixedStringSource{*col_fixed}, column_length, padding_chars, res_sink);
+            else if (const ColumnConst * col_const = checkAndGetColumnConst<ColumnString>(column_string.get()))
+                executeForSource(ConstSource<StringSource>{*col_const}, column_length, padding_chars, res_sink);
+            else if (const ColumnConst * col_const_fixed = checkAndGetColumnConst<ColumnFixedString>(column_string.get()))
+                executeForSource(ConstSource<FixedStringSource>{*col_const_fixed}, column_length, padding_chars, res_sink);
+            else
+                throw Exception(
+                    ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_COLUMN,
+                    "Illegal column {}, first argument of function {} must be a string",
+                    arguments[0].column->getName(),
+                    getName());
+
+            return col_res;
+        }
+
+    private:
+        template <typename SourceStrings>
+        void executeForSource(
+            SourceStrings && strings,
+            const ColumnPtr & column_length,
+            const PaddingChars<is_utf8> & padding_chars,
+            StringSink & res_sink) const
+        {
+            if (const auto * col_const = checkAndGetColumn<ColumnConst>(column_length.get()))
+                executeForSourceAndLength(std::forward<SourceStrings>(strings), ConstSource<GenericValueSource>{*col_const}, padding_chars, res_sink);
+            else
+                executeForSourceAndLength(std::forward<SourceStrings>(strings), GenericValueSource{*column_length}, padding_chars, res_sink);
+        }
+
+        template <typename SourceStrings, typename SourceLengths>
+        void executeForSourceAndLength(
+            SourceStrings && strings,
+            SourceLengths && lengths,
+            const PaddingChars<is_utf8> & padding_chars,
+            StringSink & res_sink) const
+        {
+            bool is_const_length = lengths.isConst();
+            bool need_check_length = true;
+
+            for (; !res_sink.isEnd(); res_sink.next(), strings.next(), lengths.next())
+            {
+                auto str = strings.getWhole();
+                size_t current_length = getLengthOfSlice<is_utf8>(str);
+
+                auto new_length_slice = lengths.getWhole();
+                size_t new_length = new_length_slice.elements->getUInt(new_length_slice.position);
+
+                if (need_check_length)
+                {
+                    if (new_length > MAX_NEW_LENGTH)
+                    {
+                        throw Exception(
+                            "New padded length (" + std::to_string(new_length) + ") is too big, maximum is: " + std::to_string(MAX_NEW_LENGTH),
+                            ErrorCodes::TOO_LARGE_STRING_SIZE);
+                    }
+                    if (is_const_length)
+                    {
+                        size_t rows_count = res_sink.offsets.size();
+                        res_sink.reserve((new_length + 1 /* zero terminator */) * rows_count);
+                        need_check_length = false;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (new_length == current_length)
+                {
+                    writeSlice(str, res_sink);
+                }
+                else if (new_length < current_length)
+                {
+                    str = removeSuffixFromSlice<is_utf8>(str, current_length - new_length);
+                    writeSlice(str, res_sink);
+                }
+                else if (new_length > current_length)
+                {
+                    if constexpr (!is_right_pad)
+                        padding_chars.appendTo(res_sink, new_length - current_length);
+
+                    writeSlice(str, res_sink);
+
+                    if constexpr (is_right_pad)
+                        padding_chars.appendTo(res_sink, new_length - current_length);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+void registerFunctionPadString(FunctionFactory & factory)
+{
+    factory.registerFunction<FunctionPadString<false, false>>(); /// leftPad
+    factory.registerFunction<FunctionPadString<false, true>>();  /// leftPadUTF8
+    factory.registerFunction<FunctionPadString<true, false>>();  /// rightPad
+    factory.registerFunction<FunctionPadString<true, true>>();   /// rightPadUTF8
+
+    factory.registerAlias("lpad", "leftPad", FunctionFactory::CaseInsensitive);
+    factory.registerAlias("rpad", "rightPad", FunctionFactory::CaseInsensitive);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Functions/registerFunctionsString.cpp b/src/Functions/registerFunctionsString.cpp
index 1c487981844..18a30469386 100644
--- a/src/Functions/registerFunctionsString.cpp
+++ b/src/Functions/registerFunctionsString.cpp
@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@ void registerFunctionAppendTrailingCharIfAbsent(FunctionFactory &);
 void registerFunctionStartsWith(FunctionFactory &);
 void registerFunctionEndsWith(FunctionFactory &);
 void registerFunctionTrim(FunctionFactory &);
+void registerFunctionPadString(FunctionFactory &);
 void registerFunctionRegexpQuoteMeta(FunctionFactory &);
 void registerFunctionNormalizeQuery(FunctionFactory &);
 void registerFunctionNormalizedQueryHash(FunctionFactory &);
 void registerFunctionCountMatches(FunctionFactory &);
-void registerFunctionEncodeXMLComponent(FunctionFactory & factory);
-void registerFunctionDecodeXMLComponent(FunctionFactory & factory);
-void registerFunctionLeftPadString(FunctionFactory & factory);
 void registerFunctionEncodeXMLComponent(FunctionFactory &);
 void registerFunctionDecodeXMLComponent(FunctionFactory &);
 void registerFunctionExtractTextFromHTML(FunctionFactory &);
@@ -71,13 +69,13 @@ void registerFunctionsString(FunctionFactory & factory)
     registerFunctionStartsWith(factory);
     registerFunctionEndsWith(factory);
     registerFunctionTrim(factory);
+    registerFunctionPadString(factory);
     registerFunctionRegexpQuoteMeta(factory);
     registerFunctionNormalizeQuery(factory);
     registerFunctionNormalizedQueryHash(factory);
     registerFunctionCountMatches(factory);
     registerFunctionEncodeXMLComponent(factory);
     registerFunctionDecodeXMLComponent(factory);
-    registerFunctionLeftPadString(factory);
     registerFunctionExtractTextFromHTML(factory);
 #if USE_BASE64
     registerFunctionBase64Encode(factory);
diff --git a/src/Functions/ya.make b/src/Functions/ya.make
index ba14e9a3e02..5f84511aa52 100644
--- a/src/Functions/ya.make
+++ b/src/Functions/ya.make
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ SRCS(
     jumpConsistentHash.cpp
     lcm.cpp
     least.cpp
-    leftPadString.cpp
     lengthUTF8.cpp
     less.cpp
     lessOrEquals.cpp
@@ -388,6 +387,7 @@ SRCS(
     now.cpp
     now64.cpp
     nullIf.cpp
+    padString.cpp
     partitionId.cpp
     pi.cpp
     plus.cpp
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01940_pad_string.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01940_pad_string.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22cd3f9be07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01940_pad_string.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+leftPad
+
+a
+ab
+abc
+ abc
+  abc
+       abc
+ab
+*abc
+**abc
+*******abc
+ab
+*abc
+*.abc
+*.*.*.*abc
+leftPadUTF8
+а
+аб
+аб
+абвг
+ЧАабвг
+ЧАСЧАСЧАабвг
+rightPad
+
+a
+ab
+abc
+abc 
+abc  
+abc       
+ab
+abc*
+abc**
+abc*******
+ab
+abc*
+abc*.
+abc*.*.*.*
+rightPadUTF8
+а
+аб
+аб
+абвг
+абвгЧА
+абвгЧАСЧАСЧА
+numbers
+
+1^
+_2^^
+__3^^^
+___4^^^^
+____5^^^^^
+_____6^^^^^^
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01940_pad_string.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01940_pad_string.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4ba0aec6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01940_pad_string.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+SELECT 'leftPad';
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 0);
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 1);
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 2);
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 3);
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 4);
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 5);
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 10);
+
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 2, '*');
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 4, '*');
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 5, '*');
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 10, '*');
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 2, '*.');
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 4, '*.');
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 5, '*.');
+SELECT leftPad('abc', 10, '*.');
+
+SELECT 'leftPadUTF8';
+SELECT leftPad('абвг', 2);
+SELECT leftPadUTF8('абвг', 2);
+SELECT leftPad('абвг', 4);
+SELECT leftPadUTF8('абвг', 4);
+SELECT leftPad('абвг', 12, 'ЧАС');
+SELECT leftPadUTF8('абвг', 12, 'ЧАС');
+
+SELECT 'rightPad';
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 0);
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 1);
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 2);
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 3);
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 4);
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 5);
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 10);
+
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 2, '*');
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 4, '*');
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 5, '*');
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 10, '*');
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 2, '*.');
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 4, '*.');
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 5, '*.');
+SELECT rightPad('abc', 10, '*.');
+
+SELECT 'rightPadUTF8';
+SELECT rightPad('абвг', 2);
+SELECT rightPadUTF8('абвг', 2);
+SELECT rightPad('абвг', 4);
+SELECT rightPadUTF8('абвг', 4);
+SELECT rightPad('абвг', 12, 'ЧАС');
+SELECT rightPadUTF8('абвг', 12, 'ЧАС');
+
+SELECT 'numbers';
+SELECT rightPad(leftPad(toString(number), number, '_'), number*2, '^') FROM numbers(7);