From: dkmd_nielsen <donvnielsen@...>
Date: 2009-03-10T23:08:08+09:00
Subject: Re: fized size record from a string

On Mar 10, 8:51 am, lucac81 <lcors...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I'm new to Ruby, and I'm learning it with a project that also
> involves rails...
> I'm stuck with an apparently simple problem, I receive from a form a
> String and I need to extend it to a fixed char number (it must be 16
> chars with eventual trailing spaces)
> I've tought to convert it to an array, it's easy but I don't know how
> to extend it to the needed size.
> Also I could add spaces to the string, but the again how can i control
> how many I need to add?
> Any hint on how I could do that?
> Thank you very much

Simple, not very intelligent way could be

('string' + '-'*30)[0..16]