cwhmisc (version 6.0)

padding: Padding a string with justification

Description

padding Pads a string.

Usage

padding(str, space, with, to=c("left","right","center"))

Arguments

str

String to be padded.

space

Resulting length of padded string.

with

String to pad with. Will be repeated as often as necessary.

to

Mode of padding, one of "left","right","center".

Value

A string

Examples

padding("My string",25,"XoX","center")
 # [1] "XoXXoXXoMy stringXXoXXoXX"