right-align-values

right-align-values

Right align the values of a given property for each object in an array. Useful for creating text columns or tables.

Install with npm

npm i right-align-values --save

Usage

var align = require('right-align-values');

var arr = [{a: 'b'}, {a: 'bb'}, {a: 'bbbb'}, {a: 'bbb'}, {a: 'bb'}];
align(arr, 'a');

Results in:

[
  {a: '   b'},
  {a: '  bb'},
  {a: 'bbbb'},
  {a: ' bbb'},
  {a: '  bb'}
];

Related projects

• longest: Get the longest item in an array.
• longest-value: Get the longest value for the given property from an array of objects. Useful for aligning values.
• repeat-string: Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string.
• pad-left: Left pad a string with zeros or a specified string. Fastest implementation.
• pad-right: Right pad a string with zeros or a specified string. Fastest implementation.

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Jon Schlinkert
Released under the MIT license

This file was generated by verb-cli on March 31, 2015.