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ruby pad string with limited size

klueless-io answered on July 20, 2022 Popularity 3/10 Helpfulness 2/10

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ruby pad string with limited size

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def padr_limited(str, len)
  # uses ljust
  str.length > len ? str.slice(0..len) : str.ljust(len, ' ')
end

def padl_limited(str, len)
  # uses rjust
  str.length > len ? str.slice(0..len) : str.rjust(len, ' ')
end

# Pad to the right
padr_limited('klueless-io', 20)
# => "klueless-io         "

padr_limited('klueless-io', 7)
# => "klueless"

# Pad to the left
padl_limited('klueless-io', 20)
# => "         klueless-io"

padl_limited('klueless-io', 7)
# => "klueless"

# NIL safe variation
def padr_limited(str, len)
  return ' ' * len if str.nil?
  str.length > len ? str.slice(0..len) : str.ljust(len, ' ')
end

def padl_limited(str, len)
  return ' ' * len if str.nil?
  str.length > len ? str.slice(0..len) : str.rjust(len, ' ')
end

padl_limited(nil, 10)
# => "          "

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