From: "Lawrence Velázquez" <larryv@zsh.org>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: create variable with calculated number of spaces.
Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 19:57:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cd0cc21b-093f-4818-9503-29fe86cb3124@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA=-s3xXX-CmL4p-oFqxFaJ0Rnz9khBirPzTdvESxsDaBiRr_g@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, May 6, 2024, at 6:38 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> or, more efficiently:
>
> printf -v spacer "%${diff}s" ''
And if the spacing is just being added to the beginning or end of
string1, then don't bother with the spacer variable:
# Left-padded
printf -v string1 '%*s' $#string2 $string1
# Right-padded
printf -v string1 '%-*s' $#string2 $string1
--
vq
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-06 23:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-06 22:03 Ray Andrews
2024-05-06 22:33 ` Mark J. Reed
2024-05-06 22:35 ` Mark J. Reed
2024-05-06 22:38 ` Mark J. Reed
2024-05-06 23:02 ` Ray Andrews
2024-05-06 23:28 ` Mark J. Reed
2024-05-06 23:41 ` Ray Andrews
2024-05-06 23:57 ` Lawrence Velázquez [this message]
2024-05-07 5:14 ` Ray Andrews
2024-05-07 5:52 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2024-05-07 14:56 ` Ray Andrews
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