diff --git a/strutil/string.go b/strutil/string.go
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index 0000000..70f3000
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+++ b/strutil/string.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package strutil
+
+import "strings"
+
+func PadRight(s string, padStr string, overallLen int) string {
+	var padCountInt = 1 + ((overallLen - len(padStr)) / len(padStr))
+	var retStr = s + strings.Repeat(padStr, padCountInt)
+	return retStr[:overallLen]
+}
+
+func PadLeft(s string, padStr string, overallLen int) string {
+	var padCountInt = 1 + ((overallLen - len(padStr)) / len(padStr))
+	var retStr = strings.Repeat(padStr, padCountInt) + s
+	return retStr[(len(retStr) - overallLen):]
+}
+
+func StringInSlice(list []string, a string) bool {
+	for _, b := range list {
+		if b == a {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}