I doubt it isn't working. It must be me understanding it wrong [:)].
I searched on the net but I could'nt find what I'm looking for.
Let me explain what I want to achieve:
I want to have a function that creates a header for my scripts. This header is something in the style of:
********** Reset Password **********
* Author : Mr. T *
* Date : 12/07/2015 *
*********************************
It has a fixed width of 50 chars.
The first thing I'm struggling with, is the first line.. I can't seem to pad the chars to the left and the right of the title.
It is if only 1 padding is allowed?
I'm confused! Can somebody explain?
A simplified example:
$aString = " abc "
$aLeft = $aString.PadLeft(15,'*')
$aRight = $aString.PadRight(15,'x')
$aComplete1 = $aLeft.PadRight(15,'x')
$aComplete2 = $aRight.PadLeft(15,'*')
Write-Host "String : $aString"
Write-Host "With padding only at left : $aLeft"
Write-Host "With padding only at right : $aRight"
Write-Host "With both padding (method 1): $aComplete1"
Write-Host "With both padding (method 2): $aComplete2"
Gives me as output:
String : abc
With padding only at left : ********** abc
With padding only at right : abc xxxxxxxxxx
With both padding (method 1): ********** abc
With both padding (method 2): abc xxxxxxxxxx
I would expect to be $aComplete1 and $aComplete2 be padded at the left AND right!?