mb_string

mb_string is extended Ruby string class for dealing multi-byte strings, add mb_ljust, mb_rjust, mb_center and mb_truncate methods.

Ruby versions is earlier than 2.0.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'mb_string'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install mb_string

mb_ljust, mb_rjust and mb_center:

require 'mb_string'
"あいうえお".mb_ljust(20)
=> "あいうえお          "

"あいうえお".mb_ljust(20, 'ん')
=> "あいうえおんんんんん"

"あいうえお".mb_ljust(20, 'ほげ')
=> "あいうえおほげほげほ"

mb_truncate:

require 'mb_string'
"あいうえお".mb_truncate(6)
=> "あ..."

"あいうえお".mb_truncate(8, omission: 'ほげ')
=> "あいほげ"

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/rochefort/mb_string.