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pad -- pad a string or net with spaces

Description

pad(s,n) pads the string or net s to length n with spaces on the right.

pad(n,s) pads the string or net s to length n with spaces on the left.

i1 : pad(6, "foo")

o1 =    foo
 
i2 : pad("foo", 6) | "bar"

o2 = foo   bar

Ways to use pad:

  • pad(Net,ZZ)
  • pad(String,ZZ)
  • pad(ZZ,Net)
  • pad(ZZ,String)

For the programmer

The object pad is a method function.

The source of this document is in /__w/M2/M2/macaulay2-1.26.05+ds/M2/Macaulay2/packages/Macaulay2Doc/ov_strings.m2:519:0.