C# String PadLeft(Int32)

Description

String PadLeft(Int32) returns a new string that right-aligns the characters in this instance by padding them with spaces on the left, for a specified total length.

Syntax

String.PadLeft(Int32) has the following syntax.

public string PadLeft(
  int totalWidth
)

Parameters

String.PadLeft(Int32) has the following parameters.

• totalWidth - The number of characters in the resulting string, equal to the number of original characters plus any additional padding characters.

Returns

String.PadLeft(Int32) method returns A new string that is equivalent to this instance, but right-aligned and padded on the left with as many spaces as needed to create a length of totalWidth. However, if totalWidth is less than the length of this instance, the method returns a reference to the existing instance. If totalWidth is equal to the length of this instance, the method returns a new string that is identical to this instance.

Example

The following example demonstrates the PadLeft method.

//  w ww.ja v a  2 s. co  m
using System;
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    string str = " java2s.com";
    Console.WriteLine(str.PadLeft(15));  
    Console.WriteLine(str.PadLeft(5));

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.