Adds left alignment example to strutils.
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@ -415,7 +415,15 @@ proc parseEnum*[T: enum](s: string, default: T): T =
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proc repeatChar*(count: int, c: Char = ' '): string {.noSideEffect,
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rtl, extern: "nsuRepeatChar".} =
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## Returns a string of length `count` consisting only of
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## the character `c`.
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## the character `c`. You can use this proc to left align strings. Example:
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##
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## .. code-block:: nimrod
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## let
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## width = 15
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## text1 = "Hello user!"
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## text2 = "This is a very long string"
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## echo text1 & repeatChar(max(0, width - text1.len)) & "|"
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## echo text2 & repeatChar(max(0, width - text2.len)) & "|"
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result = newString(count)
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for i in 0..count-1: result[i] = c
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@ -429,7 +437,8 @@ proc align*(s: string, count: int): string {.
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noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nsuAlignString".} =
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## Aligns a string `s` with spaces, so that is of length `count`. Spaces are
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## added before `s` resulting in right alignment. If ``s.len >= count``, no
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## spaces are added and `s` is returned unchanged.
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## spaces are added and `s` is returned unchanged. If you need to left align
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## a string use the repeatChar proc.
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if s.len < count:
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result = newString(count)
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var spaces = count - s.len
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