For this you probably want myString.PadRight(totalLength, charToInsert)
.
See String.PadRight Method (Int32) for more info.
Use String.Format()
or TextWriter.Format()
(depending on how you actually write to the file) and specify the width of a field.
String.Format("{0,20}{1,15}{2,15}", "Sample Title One", "Element One", "Whatever Else");
You can specify the width of a field within interpolated strings as well:
$"{"Sample Title One",20}{"Element One",15}{"Whatever Else",15}"
And just so you know, you can create a string of repeated characters using the appropriate string contructor.
new String(' ', 20); // string of 20 spaces
Use String.Format
:
string title1 = "Sample Title One";
string element1 = "Element One";
string format = "{0,-20} {1,-10}";
string result = string.Format(format, title1, element1);
//or you can print to Console directly with
//Console.WriteLine(format, title1, element1);
In the format {0,-20}
means the first argument has a fixed length 20, and the negative sign guarantees the string is printed from left to right.
Just for kicks, here's the functions I wrote to do it before I had the .PadRight bit:
public string insertSpacesAtEnd(string input, int longest)
{
string output = input;
string spaces = "";
int inputLength = input.Length;
int numToInsert = longest - inputLength;
for (int i = 0; i < numToInsert; i++)
{
spaces += " ";
}
output += spaces;
return output;
}
public int findLongest(List<Results> theList)
{
int longest = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < theList.Count; i++)
{
if (longest < theList[i].title.Length)
longest = theList[i].title.Length;
}
return longest;
}
////Usage////
for (int i = 0; i < storageList.Count; i++)
{
output += insertSpacesAtEnd(storageList[i].title, longest + 5) + storageList[i].rank.Trim() + " " + storageList[i].term.Trim() + " " + storageList[i].name + "\r\n";
}
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