Trimming and padding
/* C#: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002) ISBN: 0072134852 */ // Trimming and padding. using System; public class TrimPadDemo { public static void Main() { string str = "test"; Console.WriteLine("Original string: " + str); // Pad on left with spaces. str = str.PadLeft(10); Console.WriteLine("|" + str + "|"); // Pad on right with spaces. str = str.PadRight(20); Console.WriteLine("|" + str + "|"); // Trim spaces. str = str.Trim(); Console.WriteLine("|" + str + "|"); // Pad on left with #s. str = str.PadLeft(10, '#'); Console.WriteLine("|" + str + "|"); // Pad on right with #s. str = str.PadRight(20, '#'); Console.WriteLine("|" + str + "|"); // Trim #s. str = str.Trim('#'); Console.WriteLine("|" + str + "|"); } }