[ARROW-13171] [R] Add binding for str_pad()

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.0.0
• Component/s: R
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/28871
• Assignee: Nicola Crane
• Reporter: Ian Cook
• Created: 24/Jun/21 22:01
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:31
• Resolved: 08/Jul/21 14:54

Description

Should work like stringr::str_pad(). Should call different of the kernels added in ARROW-12716 depending on the value of the side argument.

Issue Links

• depends upon: ARROW-12716 [C++] Left/right/center string padding kernels
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #10638