Indent String with Spaces

This example shows how to indent strings using method for padding in C#. To repeat spaces use method String.PadLeft. If you call "hello“.PadLeft(10) you will get the string aligned to the right: "     hello“. If you use empty string instead of the "hello“ string the result will be 10× repeated space character. This can be used to create simple Indent method.

The Indent method:

public static string Indent(int count)

{

    return "".PadLeft(count);

}

Test code:

Console.WriteLine(Indent(0) + "List");

Console.WriteLine(Indent(3) + "Item 1");

Console.WriteLine(Indent(6) + "Item 1.1");

Console.WriteLine(Indent(6) + "Item 1.2");

Console.WriteLine(Indent(3) + "Item 2");

Console.WriteLine(Indent(6) + "Item 2.1");

Output string:

List

   Item 1

      Item 1.1

      Item 1.2

   Item 2

      Item 2.1

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