C-Sharp PadLeft Example | ASP.NET C# PadLeft Syntax | Source Code

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C-Sharp PadLeft Example | ASP.NET C# PadLeft Syntax | Source Code

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Step 1: Click on C# to Cut-n-paste code into PadLeft.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 
// This example is from http://idealprogrammer.com
// It shows how you can use Pad syntax in C-Sharp ASP.NET
//****************************************************************************************
// Example #1: PadLeft(totalWidth [, paddingCharacter])
// Returns a string that is right-aligned and padded on left with character specified.
// If no padddingCharacter is specified, space is used. totalWidth is total width of column
// This allows you to create a nice straight column even though lengths of text vary.
//****************************************************************************************
 
 
public partial class StringManipulation_PadLeft : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Label1.Text = "Example #1: PadLeft(totalWidth [, paddingCharacter]) ";
 
        string strPadLeftExampleA = "This is a test string";
        string strPadLeftExampleB = "short";
        string strPadLeftExampleC = "longer";
 
 
        Label2.Text = "start" + strPadLeftExampleA.PadLeft(35, '.');
        Label3.Text = "start" + strPadLeftExampleB.PadLeft(35, '.');
        Label4.Text = "start" + strPadLeftExampleC.PadLeft(35, '.');
 
    }
}

Step 2: Click on XML to Cut-n-paste code into PadLeft.aspx

< %@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="PadLeft.aspx.cs" Inherits="StringManipulation_PadLeft" %>
 
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <h1><asp:label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:label> </h1>
        <asp:label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:label><br />
        <asp:label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:label><br />
        <asp:label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:label><br />
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Prerequistes:

  1. Install Visual Web Developer 2010
  2. Install SQL Server Express
  3. Download Northwind and Pubs Databases
  4. Attach Northwind Database to Databases in Sql Express
  5. Attach pubs Database to Databases in Sql Express

Notes:

  • You can build your own library of syntax examples by using same web site over and over and just add new web forms to it.

Instructions:

CS Syntax String Manipulation PadLeft
CS Syntax String Manipulation PadLeft
  1. Use Visual Web Developer 2010
  2. Create new web site;
    • Click File/New Web Site
    • Select ASP.NET Website Template
    • Select C-Sharp for Language
    • name of Web Site could be CSharp_ASPNET_Syntax.
  3. Add New folder named "StringManipulation"
    • Right-click project name in solution explorer;
    • add new folder;
    • name of folder could be: StringManipulation
  4. Add Web Form Named PadLeft.aspx to StringManipulation folder
    • Right-click StringManipulation folder;
    • add new item;
    • Select Web Form
    • Check place code behind in separate file
    • Web Form name could be PadLeft.aspx
  5. Click on C-Sharp in step 1 at the top of this page to copy code into web form PadLeft.aspx
  6. Click on XML in step 2 above to copy code into code-behind PadLeft.aspx.cs
  7. Right-click on PadLeft.aspx in solution explorer and select view in browser

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