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trimAndFillWithBlanks.m
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trimAndFillWithBlanks.m
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% Created by Diego Alvarez-Estevez (http://dalvarezestevez.com)
% Trims, justifies, and fills with blanks a character vector
%% This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
%% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
%% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
%% (at your option) any later version.
%% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
%% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
%% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
%% GNU General Public License for more details.
%% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
%% along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
function result = trimAndFillWithBlanks(str, maxLength, justify)
if (nargin == 2)
justify = 'left';
end
if length(str) > maxLength
result = str(1:maxLength);
else
if strcmp(justify, 'right')
result = [blanks(maxLength - length(str)), str];
else
% default is left
result = [str, blanks(maxLength - length(str))];
end
end