If you must make sure that a text has a fixed length and is neither shorter nor longer, here is the code to pad and cut the text to the desired length:
$text1 = 'some short text' $text2 = 'some very very very very long text' $desiredLength = 20 $text1 = $text1.PadRight($desiredLength).SubString(0, $DesiredLength) $text2 = $text2.PadRight($desiredLength).SubString(0, $DesiredLength) $text1 + "<- ends here" $text2 + "<- ends here"
By combining PadRight() and SubString(), the text is adjusted to the desired length, no matter how long or short the text was before:
some short text <- ends here some very very very <- ends here
