String format, minimum width.

[Jameson]

Hi,

Dumb question for you:

Is there a quick and easy way to ensure a string has a minimum width using
format specifier?

Should I just write

if myString.Length < 8 then myString.PadLeft ( ...... )

?

Thanks

[Mattias Sjögren]

>Should I just write

>
if myString.Length < 8 then myString.PadLeft ( ...... )

?

No need to check the length first, PadLEft does that for you. Just do

myString = myString.PadLeft(8)

What do you mean by format specifier? Do you get myString from a call
to String.Format or some other formatting method?
Mattias

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[Tom Shelton]

On Nov 5, 8:45 am, "Jameson" <[e-mail]:

Hi,

Dumb question for you:

Is there a quick and easy way to ensure a string has a minimum width using
format specifier?

Should I just write

if myString.Length < 8 then myString.PadLeft ( ...... )

?

Thanks

In case you want to use string.format...

dim sMessage as string = string.format("{0,-8}", value)

If value is less then 8 characters, the result will be an 8 character
string left padded with spaces. To right pad, make the value after
the comma a positive number.

HTH

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Tom Shelton