Pad a string and align within string

Pad a string and align within string

Usage

padstr(x, n, just = list_valid_aligns())

Arguments

x

(string)
a string.

n

(integer(1))
number of characters in the output string. If n < nchar(x), an error is thrown.

just

(string)
text alignment justification to use. Defaults to "center". Must be one of "center", "right", "left", "dec_right", "dec_left", or "decimal".

Value

x, padded to be a string of length n.

Examples

padstr("abc", 3)
#> [1] "abc"
padstr("abc", 4)
#> [1] "abc "
padstr("abc", 5)
#> [1] "abc  "
padstr("abc", 5, "left")
#> [1] "abc  "
padstr("abc", 5, "right")
#> [1] "  abc"

if (FALSE) {
# Expect error: "abc" has more than 1 characters
padstr("abc", 1)
}