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   STRINGS

Description:
   Acceps a string and padds it

Parameters:

1. string (String, required)
          any string
   
   
2. pos (Numeric, required)
          the position of the string.
   
          Values:
   
   • Left
     
     
   • Center
     
     
   • Right
     
     
3. size (Numeric, required)
          the size of the padding string
   
   
4. padchar (String, required)
          the character you want to pad the string with
   
   

Returns:
       

Requires:
       

Sample Use:
       aPaddedString = StringPad("foobar was a monkey", "Left", "50", "-")

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function StringPad(string, pos, size, padchar){
	var padsize = size - len(string);
	
	switch(pos){
		case "left":
			return string & repeatString(padchar, padsize);
			break;
			
		case "center":
			return repeatString(padchar, int(padsize / 2))  &  string & repeatString(padChar, ceiling(padsize / 2));
			break;
			
		case "right":
			return repeatString(padchar, padsize) & string;
			break;
	}
	
}
// http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=72&function=StringPad

function StringPad(string, pos, size, padchar){ var padsize = size - len(string); switch(pos){ case "left": return string & repeatString(padchar, padsize); break; case "center": return repeatString(padchar, int(padsize / 2)) & string & repeatString(padChar, ceiling(padsize / 2)); break; case "right": return repeatString(padchar, padsize) & string; break; } } // http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=72&function=StringPad