String Behavior

Hi Guys,

I was wondering is there a way I could do the following. I want to display a string as follows.

http://www.weejamie.co.uk/images/string_behave.jpg

I want the info to be surrounded by a neat box a little like something you would see in notepad. The issue is that the values x,y and z will all change in length as they will be dynamic. Is there a way to ensure that the right "|" sides dont move? Just so I can have a nice neat right hand side.

I have vague memories of doing something similar in java to do with tab? Could have imagined it.

All help is appreciated.

Cheers People

BB

Convert x, y and z to Strings if they aren't already and then call PadRight to add as many spaces as are needed to create a String of a specific length. If you call PadRight(20) then the result will always be 20 characters long. If the initial string was 10 characters long then 10 spaces would be added. If the original length was 15 then 5 spaces would be added, etc.

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Originally Posted by jmcilhinney

Convert x, y and z to Strings if they aren't already and then call PadRight to add as many spaces as are needed to create a String of a specific length. If you call PadRight(20) then the result will always be 20 characters long. If the initial string was 10 characters long then 10 spaces would be added. If the original length was 15 then 5 spaces would be added, etc.

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Fantastic. Thanks jmc. I will give that a go after I get some sleep :eek:

Cheers