str_align: Align a vector of character strings

In fbc-studies/fbcutils: Utility Functions for FBC Studies

Description

Align a vector of character strings by padding appropriately with spaces. Naturally fails hopelessly if the text is rendered in a non-monospace font.

Usage

str_align(x, align = c("left", "right", "center"))

Arguments

x	A character vector.
align	A string specifying alignment.

Value

x with all elements padded to the maximum width and aligned

Examples

x <- c("short", "medium length", "and a rather long string")
str_align(x, "left")
str_align(x, "right")
str_align(x, "center")

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