String.Pad : String Pad « Data Type « VB.Net Tutorial

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public class Test
   public Shared Sub Main
        Dim strLeftPad, strRightPad As String

        strLeftPad = "[" & "Visual Basic Express".PadLeft(28) & "]"
        strRightPad = "[" & "Visual Basic Express".PadRight(28) & "]"
        Console.WriteLine(strLeftPad & vbCrLf & strRightPad)

        strLeftPad = "[" & "Visual Basic Express".PadLeft(28, "@") & "]"
        strRightPad = "[" & "Visual Basic Express".PadRight(28, ".") & "]"
        Console.WriteLine(strLeftPad & vbCrLf & strRightPad)

   End Sub
End class

[        Visual Basic Express]
[Visual Basic Express        ]
[@@@@@@@@Visual Basic Express]
[Visual Basic Express........]