From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@...>
Date: 2003-05-02T07:40:36+09:00
Subject: Re: ljust, rjust...

Saluton!

* Chris Pine <nemo@hellotree.com>; 2003-05-01, 20:55 UTC:
> How about allowing `ljust' and `rjust' take an additional parameter (which
> defaults to the string " ") which specifies what it justifies with?
> 
>   15.to_s.rjust(5)         #  -->  "   15"
>   15.to_s.rjust(5,'0')     #  -->  "00015"
>   15.to_s.rjust(5,'blue')  #  -->  "blu15"

If that is to be implemented one needs to define what
15.10.to_s.rjust(10,'ppm ') should result in because there are two
possiblities: 'ppm pp15.1' or 'ppm   15.1' - both makes sense.

Gis,

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
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