VB.NET Strings with Padding

Padding Strings.

PadRight and PadLeft string with vb,net

The PadLeft and PadRight methods can be used to pad strings. The PadLeft method right-aligns and pads a string so that its rightmost character is the specified distance from the beginning of the string. The PadRight method left-aligns and pads a string so that its rightmost character is a specified distance from the end of the string. These methods return new String objects that can either be padded with empty spaces or with custom characters. Listign 3 shows how to use these methods.

Listing 3. Using padding methods.

Dim strOutput As String
Dim str1 As String = "My String"
strOutput = (str1.PadLeft(20, "-"))
Dim str2 As String = "My String"
strOutput = (str2.PadRight(20, "-"))

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Output

-------------------My String
My String-------------------

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