CODEWITHSUNDEEP
asp.netvb.net
Ian
Ian

Reputation: 137

PadLeft with spaces

Have a relatively simple request.

I wish to pad left a string with spaces in an HTML page using VB on asp.net

For me the most obvious way to do it is

Response.Write(qty.PadLeft(5, " ") + " x " + part_number)

but as HTML does not render multiple spaces, this does not work

my workaround is 

Response.Write(qty.PadLeft(5, "0") + " x " + part_number)

which pads the number with zero's but looks fairly unappealing on the website.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Update: Based on replies so far I have tried

"100".PadLeft(5, " ")

but this outputs &&100

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1123

Answers (2)

Ian
Ian

Reputation: 137

OK, I solved it by doing this

rep = string.concat(Enumerable.Repeat(" ", 5-qty.Length))
Response.Write(rep + qty+ " x " + part_number)

Not the best but works.

Upvotes: 1

the_lotus
the_lotus

Reputation: 12748

There's & nbsp; or setting or the css (with white-space) to see spaces. If you want to align information, you might want to also look at having a fixed font.

Upvotes: 0

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