1 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/smg_common.py b/smg_common.py
index c278382..3c7bb0f 100644
--- a/smg_common.py
+++ b/smg_common.py
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
-# paddng string
-padding =
+# padding stuff
 
+# padding string 
+class padding():
+  
+  # the fill string
+  def __init__(self):  
+    self.string = "This is padding data to alignme"
+  
+  # return the padding string to align data at a
+  # given start_index with a specific byte_alignment
+  def string_fill(self, byte_alignment, start_index):
+    # check the variables first
+    if ((type(start_index) != int)
+        or (type(byte_alignment) != int)
+        or (start_index < 0)
+        or (byte_alignment != 4 and byte_alignment != 32):
+      return None
+    # return the fill string
+    i = 0
+    rtn = ""
+    while (start_index % byte_alignment != 0):
+      rtn += self.padding[i]
+      i += 1
+      start_index += 1
+    return rtn
+  
 # name tables
 
 # read name tables found in SMG binary files