2 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/auxiliary/functions.cc b/src/auxiliary/functions.cc
index 5edff56..dbfc799 100644
--- a/src/auxiliary/functions.cc
+++ b/src/auxiliary/functions.cc
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ const std::string text_strip_lowercase(const std::string &text)
 	return r;
 }
 
-const std::string spaces(const std::string &text,size_t n)
+const std::string pad_left(const std::string &text,size_t n)
 {
 	size_t l = text_length(text);
 	if (n <= l)
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@ const std::string spaces(const std::string &text,size_t n)
 	return s;
 }
 
+const std::string pad_right(const std::string &text,size_t n)
+{
+	size_t l = text_length(text);
+	if (n <= l)
+		return text;
+
+	std::string s(text);
+	s.append(n-l, ' ');
+	return s;
+}
+
 void to_lowercase(std::string &text)
 {
  	for (std::string::iterator i = text.begin(); i != text.end(); ++i)
diff --git a/src/auxiliary/functions.h b/src/auxiliary/functions.h
index e8704d4..557ab45 100644
--- a/src/auxiliary/functions.h
+++ b/src/auxiliary/functions.h
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ inline bool is_color_code(char const *c) { return (is_base_color_code(c) || is_c
 size_t text_length(const std::string &text);
 
 /// prepend spaces to a string up to the desired lenght, excluding color codes
-const std::string spaces(const std::string &text, size_t n);
+const std::string pad_left(const std::string &text, size_t n);
+
+/// append spaces to a string up to the desired lenght, excluding color codes
+const std::string pad_right(const std::string &text, size_t n);
 
 /// convert a string to lowercase
 void to_lowercase(std::string &text);