instance method center

Ruby on Rails 3.0.20

Last seen in v3.2.22.5

Available in: v2.2.3 v2.3.18 v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5

Signature

center(integer, padstr=' ')

Works just like String#center, only integer specifies characters instead of bytes.

Example:

"¾ cup".mb_chars.center(8).to_s
# => " ¾ cup  "

"¾ cup".mb_chars.center(8, " ").to_s # Use non-breaking whitespace
# => " ¾ cup  "

Parameters

integer req
padstr opt = ' '
Source
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb, line 234
        def center(integer, padstr=' ')
          justify(integer, :center, padstr)
        end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb line 234 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars

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