## Usage ```js var align = require('{%= name %}'); align(text, function_or_integer); ``` **Params** - `text` can be a **string or array**. If a string is passed, a string will be returned. If an array is passed, an array will be returned. - `function|integer`: if an integer, the text will be indented by that amount. If a transform function is passed, it must return an object with an `integer` property or an integer representing the amount of leading indentation to use as `align` loops over each line. **Example** ```js align(text, 4); ``` Would align: ``` abc abc abc ``` To: ``` abc abc abc ``` ## Transform function ### params The callback is used to determine the indentation of each line and gets the following params: - `len` the length of the "current" line - `longest` the length of the longest line - `line` the current line (string) being aligned - `lines` the array of all lines ### return The callback may return: - an integer that represents the number of spaces to use for padding, - or an object with the following properties: + `indent`: **{Number}** the amount of indentation to use. Default is `0` when an object is returned. + `character`: **{String}** the character to use for indentation. Default is `''` (empty string) when an object is returned. + `prefix`: **{String}** leading characters to use at the beginning of each line. `''` (empty string) when an object is returned. **Integer example:** ```js // calculate half the difference between the length // of the current line and the longest line function centerAlign(len, longest, line, lines) { return Math.floor((longest - len) / 2); } ``` **Object example:** ```js function centerAlign(len, longest, line, lines) { return { character: '\t', indent: Math.floor((longest - len) / 2), prefix: '~ ', } } ``` ## Usage examples Align text values in an array: ```js align([1, 2, 3, 100]); //=> [' 1', ' 2', ' 3', '100'] ``` Or [do stuff like this](./example.js): ![screen shot 2015-06-09 at 2 08 34 am](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/383994/8051597/7b716fbc-0e4c-11e5-9aef-4493fd22db58.png) Visit [the example](./example.js) to see how this works. ### Center align Using the `centerAlign` function from above: ```js align(text, centerAlign); ``` Would align this text: ```js Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscin elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididun ut labore et dolor magna aliqua. Ut enim ad mini veniam, quis ``` Resulting in this: ``` Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis ``` **Customize** If you wanted to add more padding on the left, just pass the number in the callback. For example, to add 4 spaces before every line: ```js function centerAlign(len, longest, line, lines) { return 4 + Math.floor((longest - len) / 2); } ``` Would result in: ``` Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis ``` ### Bullets ```js align(text, function (len, max, line, lines) { return {prefix: ' - '}; }); ``` Would return: ``` - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, - consectetur adipiscing - elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt - ut labore et dolore - magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim - veniam, quis ``` ### Different indent character ```js align(text, function (len, max, line, lines) { return { indent: Math.floor((max - len) / 2), character: '~', }; }); ``` Would return ``` ~~~~~Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ~~~~~~~~consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ~~~~~~~~~ut labore et dolore ~~~~magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~veniam, quis ```