Padding a string with integers on its right keeping string length fixed

[simpledeveloper]

Thank you

[OriginalGriff]

You're welcome!

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[realJSOP]

string x = string.Format("T{0}", number.ToString("00000"));

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[Richard Deeming]

Even simpler:

string x = string.Format("T{0:D5}", number);

Or:

string x = $"T{number:D5}";

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[realJSOP]

isn't the "$" notation for PHP or some other stupid language? Or is it a new pointless operator in C#?

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

[Richard Deeming]

It's been a C# feature since v6: $ - string interpolation - C# reference | Microsoft Docs[^] What's New in C# 6 - C# Guide | Microsoft Docs[^]

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[realJSOP]

Let's obfuscate C# even more than it already is...

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

[Richard Deeming]

String interpolation was a pretty good addition, IMO. Especially when you compare it to the abomination that became of default interface methods[^]. X|

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[OriginalGriff]

I agree - I use string interpolation precisely because it de-obfuscates code:

Console.WriteLine("({2},{1}):({0},{3})={4}", destX, y, x, destY, dist);

Isn't as obvious as

Console.WriteLine($"({x},{y}):({destX},{destY})={dist}");

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[Lost User]

OriginalGriff wrote:

precisely because it de-obfuscates code:

Except when you use random ordering of your variables. ;P

[OriginalGriff]

:laugh: I've seen code like that before: when the variable list order is wrong, and it was easier to renumber than juggle the names ... Not that I'd write code like that, oh no.

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[realJSOP]

For me, the numbers have to be in order, so I juggle the names. :)

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

[Daniel Pfeffer]

A legitimate use case for unordered variables might be when writing output in different languages. In one language you might want to write "Page 1 of 10", but in another it might be "10 pages, No. 1" or some such. You would read the template from the resource file, filling in the values as necessary.

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