Representing string of length 4 in 8 character length

Question

I am working with freemarker and i have value variable that holds string of variable length but less than 8.

What i want to print it in 8 character spaces only.

ie

${value}

should be spanned over 8 spaces.

Answer 1

听起来您想要${value?right_pad(8)}或${value?left_pad(8)} 。