From: Robert Feldt Date: 2001-06-21T00:43:16+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:16648] cjust? Hi, We have ljust and rjust so why not: class String def cjust(width) w = width - length w > 0 ? rjust(length+w/2+w%2).ljust(width) : self end end Maybe we're on track for feature bloat here but... ;-) /Robert