substring.with.dots: To pad dots (or other text) to tables for improved...

In claus-e-andersen/clanTools: R functions of general use for data analysis and presentation

To pad dots (or other text) to tables for improved readability.

Description

Objective: truncate string to n chars and pad with dots in front behind depending on reverse. Example:

substring.with.dots("Hello")

gives the following output:

"Hello .............."

See also table.dots and substring.with.dots.adv.

Usage

substring.with.dots("Hello")

Arguments

x	is a vector of input values
n	combined length (incl. dots)
reverse	(FALSE = x then dots, TRUE = dots then x)
st	is the dot-character (i.e. normally ".").

Value

string (vectorized)

Author(s)

Claus E. Andersen

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