C# String PadRight()

using System;  
namespace CsharpString {  
  class Test {
    public static void Main(string [] args) {
     
      string str = "Icecream";
      string result;
     
      // returns string of length 15
      // padded with space at right
      result = str.PadRight(15);
      Console.WriteLine("|{0}|", result); 
 
      Console.ReadLine();    
    }
  } 
}

// Output:  |Icecream   	|

PadRight() Syntax

The syntax of the string PadRight() method is:

PadRight(int totalWidth, char paddingChar)

Here, PadRight() is a method of class String.

PadRight() Parameters

The PadRight() method takes the following parameters:

• totalWidth - number of characters in the resulting string (number of characters in given string plus additional padding characters)
• paddingChar - padding character

PadRight() Return Value

The PadRight() method returns:

• new string with right padding

Example 1: C# String PadRight()

using System;  
namespace CsharpString {  
  class Test {
    public static void Main(string [] args) {
     
      string str = "Icecream";
      string result;
     
      // returns new string with length 20
      // padded with space at right
      result = str.PadRight(20);
      Console.WriteLine("|{0}|", result); 
 
      // returns original string 
      result = str.PadRight(2);
      Console.WriteLine("|{0}|", result);  
 
      // returns new string 
      // identical to given string
      result = str.PadRight(8);
      Console.WriteLine("|{0}|", result);  
 
      Console.ReadLine();    
    }
  } 
}

Output

|Icecream        	|
|Icecream|
|Icecream|

Here,

• str.PadRight(20) - returns new string with length 20 padded with spaces at right
• str.PadRight(2) - returns given string as totalWidth is less than length of the given string
• str.PadRight(8) - returns new string that is identical to the given string as totalWidth is equal to length of the string

Example 2: C# String PadRight() With paddingChar

using System;  
namespace CsharpString {  
  class Test {
    public static void Main(string [] args) {
     
      string str = "Icecream";
      char pad = '^';
      string result;
     
      // returns new string with length 20 
      // padded with '^' at right
      result = str.PadRight(20, pad);
      Console.WriteLine("|{0}|", result); 

      // returns given string
      result = str.PadRight(2, pad);
      Console.WriteLine("|{0}|", result);  

      // returns new string with length 8
      // padded with '^' at right
      result = str.PadRight(8, pad);
      Console.WriteLine("|{0}|", result);  
 
      Console.ReadLine();    
    }
  } 
}

Output

|Icecream^^^^^^^^^^^^|
|Icecream|
|Icecream|