String.PadRight Method
Definition
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Returns a new string of a specified length in which the end of the current string is padded with spaces or with a specified Unicode character.
Overloads
| PadRight(Int32) |
Returns a new string that left-aligns the characters in this string by padding them with spaces on the right, for a specified total length. |
| PadRight(Int32, Char) |
Returns a new string that left-aligns the characters in this string by padding them on the right with a specified Unicode character, for a specified total length. |
PadRight(Int32)
- Source:
- String.Manipulation.cs
- Source:
- String.Manipulation.cs
- Source:
- String.Manipulation.cs
Returns a new string that left-aligns the characters in this string by padding them with spaces on the right, for a specified total length.
public:
System::String ^ PadRight(int totalWidth);public string PadRight (int totalWidth);member this.PadRight : int -> stringPublic Function PadRight (totalWidth As Integer) As StringParameters
- totalWidth
- Int32
The number of characters in the resulting string, equal to the number of original characters plus any additional padding characters.
Returns
A new string that is equivalent to this instance, but left-aligned and padded on the right with as many spaces as needed to create a length of totalWidth. However, if totalWidth is less than the length of this instance, the method returns a reference to the existing instance. If totalWidth is equal to the length of this instance, the method returns a new string that is identical to this instance.
Exceptions
totalWidth is less than zero.
Examples
The following example demonstrates the PadRight method.
String^ str = "BBQ and Slaw";
Console::Write( "|" );
Console::Write( str->PadRight( 15 ) );
Console::WriteLine( "|" ); // Displays "|BBQ and Slaw |".
Console::Write( "|" );
Console::Write( str->PadRight( 5 ) );
Console::WriteLine( "|" ); // Displays "|BBQ and Slaw|".
string str;
str = "BBQ and Slaw";
Console.Write("|");
Console.Write(str.PadRight(15));
Console.WriteLine("|"); // Displays "|BBQ and Slaw |".
Console.Write("|");
Console.Write(str.PadRight(5));
Console.WriteLine("|"); // Displays "|BBQ and Slaw|".
let str = "BBQ and Slaw"
printf "|"
printf $"{str.PadRight 15}"
printfn "|" // Displays "|BBQ and Slaw |".
printf "|"
printf $"{str.PadRight 5}"
printfn "|" // Displays "|BBQ and Slaw|".
Dim str As String
str = "BBQ and Slaw"
Console.Write("|")
Console.Write(str.PadRight(15))
Console.WriteLine("|") ' Displays "|BBQ and Slaw |".
Console.Write("|")
Console.Write(str.PadRight(5))
Console.WriteLine("|") ' Displays "|BBQ and Slaw|".
Remarks
A Unicode space is defined as hexadecimal 0x0020.
The PadRight(Int32) method pads the end of the returned string. This means that, when used with right-to-left languages, it pads the left portion of the string.
Note
If the PadRight method pads the current instance with white-space characters, this method does not modify the value of the current instance. Instead, it returns a new string that is padded with trailing white space so that its total length is totalWidth characters.
See also
Applies to
PadRight(Int32, Char)
- Source:
- String.Manipulation.cs
- Source:
- String.Manipulation.cs
- Source:
- String.Manipulation.cs
Returns a new string that left-aligns the characters in this string by padding them on the right with a specified Unicode character, for a specified total length.
public:
System::String ^ PadRight(int totalWidth, char paddingChar);public string PadRight (int totalWidth, char paddingChar);member this.PadRight : int * char -> stringPublic Function PadRight (totalWidth As Integer, paddingChar As Char) As StringParameters
- totalWidth
- Int32
The number of characters in the resulting string, equal to the number of original characters plus any additional padding characters.
- paddingChar
- Char
A Unicode padding character.
Returns
A new string that is equivalent to this instance, but left-aligned and padded on the right with as many paddingChar characters as needed to create a length of totalWidth. However, if totalWidth is less than the length of this instance, the method returns a reference to the existing instance. If totalWidth is equal to the length of this instance, the method returns a new string that is identical to this instance.
Exceptions
totalWidth is less than zero.
Examples
The following example demonstrates the PadRight method.
String^ str = "forty-two";
Console::Write( "|" );
Console::Write( str->PadRight( 15, '.' ) );
Console::WriteLine( "|" ); // Displays "|forty-two......|".
Console::Write( "|" );
Console::Write( str->PadRight( 5, '.' ) );
Console::WriteLine( "|" ); // Displays "|forty-two|".
string str = "forty-two";
char pad = '.';
Console.WriteLine(str.PadRight(15, pad)); // Displays "forty-two......".
Console.WriteLine(str.PadRight(2, pad)); // Displays "forty-two".
let str = "forty-two"
let pad = '.'
printfn $"{str.PadRight(15, pad)}" // Displays "forty-two......".
printfn $"{str.PadRight(2, pad)}" // Displays "forty-two".
Dim str As String
Dim pad As Char
str = "forty-two"
pad = Convert.ToChar(".")
Console.WriteLine(str.PadRight(15, pad)) ' Displays "|forty-two......|".
Console.WriteLine(str.PadRight(2, pad)) ' Displays "|forty-two|".
Remarks
The PadRight(Int32, Char) method pads the end of the returned string. This means that, when used with right-to-left languages, it pads the left portion of the string.
Note
If the PadRight method pads the current instance with white-space characters, this method does not modify the value of the current instance. Instead, it returns a new string that is padded with trailing paddingChar characters so that its total length is totalWidth characters.
