How to have long hyphenations around line of text?

Question

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\begin{document}
\begin{center}
{\Large 
-----------------------------
Education 
----------------------------}
\end{center}
\end{document}

I'm working on my resume, and I would like to create a section title called Education where the lines to the left and right of the text extend to the margins. Currently I'm manually typing out all the individual "-"s, which is very inefficient. Also, the actual output is nowhere near perfect. As you can see below, the last "-" is a bit off from the rest.

Answer 1

There are many ways to place horizontal lines or rules around a title. Here are some examples taken from here and here.

documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

% First command
\makeatletter
\def\myrulefill{\leavevmode\leaders\hrule height .7ex width 1ex depth -0.6ex\hfill\kern\z@}
\makeatother

% Second command
\newcommand{\textbetweenrules}[2][.4pt]{%
  \par\vspace{\topsep}
  \noindent\makebox[\textwidth]{%
    \sbox0{#2}%
    \dimen0=.5\dimexpr\ht0+#1\relax
    \dimen2=-.5\dimexpr\ht0-#1\relax
    \leaders\hrule height \dimen0 depth \dimen2\hfill
    ~#2
    \leaders\hrule height \dimen0 depth \dimen2\hfill
  }\par\nopagebreak\vspace{\topsep}
}

\begin{document}
\Large
\noindent\hrulefill ~Education~\hrulefill
\medskip
\noindent\myrulefill ~Education~\myrulefill\par
\medskip
\textbetweenrules{Education}
\end{document}

The first example is with an ordinary \hrule, which lies at the bottom of the row. The second and third use some predefined commandsas specified.

In the command \textbetweenrules{Education} you can modify the rule widh by putting the parameter between brackets. For example \textbetweenrules[3pt]{Education}