[Release] stringpad

[grimsi]

Hey,

today I'm releasing a small plugin that allows you to pad strings until they reach a defined length.
I wrote it because it's useful if you want to display fast changing information (like CPU clock and load) on a single line while keeping the position of the text fixed.

- grimsi

REQUIREMENTS
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1. LCD Smartie 5.3 beta3 or newer
2. .NET Framework 4.5

INFORMATION
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This small plugin allows you to pad a string with spaces until it reaches a defined length

Version
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1.0

Features
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function1
Pads the string on the right
Usage:
$dll(stringpad,1,Hello,7) -> "Hello "

function2
Pads the string on the left
Usage:
$dll(stringpad,2,Hello,7) -> " Hello"

function20
Returns credits about the dll and its version.

Example
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This is a more complex real-world example using stringpad in combination with the enallax plugin and the SB plugin to read hardware sensors:
$dll(enallax,10,$dll(stringpad,1,$dll(SB,3,10,0),4)MHz,$dll(stringpad,1,$dll(SB,3,9,0),2) C )

It will alternate between displaying the CPU clock and displaying the CPU package temp while using the stringpad plugin to keep a constant length so that
following text is not affected by the switch between the two values and also not affected when the CPU clock is going below 1000MHz.

Possible output:
"802 MHz|1 %"
"4208MHz|20%" -> fixed length

Output without stringpad:
"802MHz|1%"
"4208MHz|20%" -> different length


KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
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Currently none. If found, please report in the forum.

[hyperactive]

oh thanks for that.