Question

I have 3 strings. The first set of strings are:

"1.0536"  
"2.1"  
"2" 

The second is something like:

"Round"  
"Square"  
"Hex"

And the last are:

"6061-T6"  
"T351"  
"ASF.3.4.5" 

I need to combine the three strings together with identical spacing in between each string. I can’t use \t for tabbing as after I combine the strings, I send them to an Access Database.

When I combine the strings they look like:

"1.0536 Round 6061-T6"  
"2.1 Square T351"  
"2 Hex ASF.3.4.5" 

I would really like them to look like this with the same exact amount of spacing in between each string:

“1.0536     Round     6061-T6”
“2.1           Square    T351”
“2              Hex          ASF.3.4.5”

How can I do this with C#?

Answer 1

You can use advanced features of string.Format:

string.Format("{0,-10}{1,-10}{2}", ...)

You can do the same thing by writing str.PadRight(10)