Pads string with spaces, either right or left justified

Source: R/rvn_utilities.R

Pad string with spaces, justified on either the left or right

rvn_stringpad(string, width, just = "r", padstring = " ")

Arguments

string

Text string

width

Number of characters total, including desired spaces

just

'r' for right, 'l' for left

padstring

string to use for padding (default space character)

Value

Padded string

Author

Leland Scantlebury, leland@scantle.com

Examples

# Returns "   To the right"
rvn_stringpad('To the right', 15, just='r')
#> [1] "   To the right"

# Returns "Padded    "
rvn_stringpad('Padded', 10, just='l')
#> [1] "Padded    "