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   5 .TH Text.middle_pad 3 2025-11-29 "Tomo man-pages"
   6 .SH NAME
   7 Text.middle_pad \- pad text, centered
   8 .SH LIBRARY
   9 Tomo Standard Library
  10 .SH SYNOPSIS
  11 .nf
  12 .BI Text.middle_pad\ :\ func(text:\ Text,\ width:\ Int,\ pad:\ Text\ =\ "\ ",\ language:\ Text\ =\ "C"\ ->\ Text)
  13 .fi
  14 .SH DESCRIPTION
  15 Pad some text on the left and right side so it reaches a target width.
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  17 
  18 .SH ARGUMENTS
  19 
  20 .TS
  21 allbox;
  22 lb lb lbx lb
  23 l l l l.
  24 Name	Type	Description	Default
  25 text	Text	The text to pad. 	-
  26 width	Int	The target width. 	-
  27 pad	Text	The padding text. 	"\ "
  28 language	Text	The ISO 639 language code for which character width to use. 	"C"
  29 .TE
  30 .SH RETURN
  31 Text with length at least `width`, with extra padding on the left and right as needed. If `pad` has length greater than 1, it may be partially repeated to reach the exact desired length.
  32 
  33 .SH EXAMPLES
  34 .EX
  35 assert "x".middle_pad(6) == "  x   "
  36 assert "x".middle_pad(10, "ABC") == "ABCAxABCAB"
  37 .EE
  38 .SH SEE ALSO
  39 .BR Tomo-Text (3)