How to format integers?

Question

I want the integer to move left as you add places instead of right.

input = 1
output = "1 "

input = 10
output = "10 "


input = 100
output = "100 "

input = 1234
output = "1234 "

Not like this:

input = 1234
output = " 1234"

input = 123456
output = " 123456"

Lol not at all, im sorry i dont know to to format these posts. — Mike June Bug Captain, Sep 17 '12 at 04:36
@MikeJuneBugCaptain Just click the `?` icon in the edit box. Note, you can click `edit` and change your post even now. — gideon, Sep 17 '12 at 04:39
I think you'd get more useful answers if you put the code you have right now. — devuxer, Sep 17 '12 at 05:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 04:40

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I am not exactly sure what you need but it looks like you are adding a single space at the end of the integer number in your string. You can simply do

int i = 1;
string result = i.ToString() + " ";

answered Sep 17 '12 at 04:40

Habib

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yeah or string.Format("{0} ", i); – lahsrah Sep 17 '12 at 05:13
@sylon, sure, there was an answer with string.Format thats why post this :) – Habib Sep 17 '12 at 05:18
Yea but that's some weird spacing formatting logic, when a trailing space will do. – lahsrah Sep 17 '12 at 05:58
@sylon, It isn't clear to me what the OP really needs, other than that its about readability, to me its more clear and just a different thing from `string.Fromat` – Habib Sep 17 '12 at 06:22

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 04:38

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Use string.Format() method with format specifiers, as described here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/netfxbcl/thread/e5bc8093-5aaa-4d28-99e7-8b40bc58df3c

For example:

string.Format("{0,-4}", 123);

gives:

"123 "

answered Sep 17 '12 at 04:38

Bartosz

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Though now when I'm looking at your formatted question, I'm not really sure if you want this, and want to append single space character instead... – Bartosz Sep 17 '12 at 04:49

How to format integers?

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