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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


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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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On Nov 5, 8:45 am, "Jameson" <rtgro...@hotmail.com>wrote:

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



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