Pad Strings to be the Same Length

Function that pads strings to be the same length, with padding applied either to the left or right-hand side.

align_strings(strings, left = TRUE)

Arguments

strings

A character vector.

left

Logical; if TRUE left-aligns strings, otherwise right-aligns strings.

Value

A character vector.

Examples

# Strings of unequal length
x <- c( "A", "BB", "CCC" )

# Left-aligned
s <- align_strings( x )
message( paste0( '|', s, '|\n' ) )
#> |A  |
#> |BB |
#> |CCC|

# Right-aligned
s <- align_strings( x, FALSE )
message( paste0( '|', s, '|\n' ) )
#> |  A|
#> | BB|
#> |CCC|