Padding a swift String for printing

Question

I\'m trying to print a list of Strings all padded to the same width.

In C, I would use something like printf(\"%40s\", cstr), where cstr is a C string.<

Answer 1

extension RangeReplaceableCollection where Self: StringProtocol {
    func paddingToLeft(upTo length: Int, using element: Element = " ") -> SubSequence {
        return repeatElement(element, count: Swift.max(0, length-count)) + suffix(Swift.max(count, count-length))
    }
}

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"123".paddingToLeft(upTo: 5)              //  "  123"
"123".paddingToLeft(upTo: 5, using: "0")  //  "00123"
"123".paddingToLeft(upTo: 3, using: "0")  //    "123"
"$199.99".dropLast(3).paddingToLeft(upTo: 10, using: "_")  //  "______$199"