Question

How to format a string with fixed width fields in VB.NET

Answer 1

Imports System

Public Class Program
	Public Shared Sub Main()
		Dim str As String = "VB.NET"
		
        Console.Write("{0, 3},{1, 10},{2, 4}", str, "abcd", "123")
    End Sub
End Class



' run:
'
' VB.NET,      abcd, 123
'

 

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Answer 2

Imports System

Public Class Program
	Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim fileName As String = "abc.bas"
		
        Dim str As String = String.Format("{0, 3} {1, 8}", fileName, "17MB")
		
        Console.Write(str)
    End Sub
End Class



' run:
'
' abc.bas     17MB
'

 

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