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left-pad
String left pad
Install
$ npm install left-pad
Usage
const leftPad = require('left-pad')
leftPad('foo', 5)
// => " foo"
leftPad('foobar', 6)
// => "foobar"
leftPad(1, 2, '0')
// => "01"
leftPad(17, 5, 0)
// => "00017"
NOTE: The third argument should be a single char. However the module doesn't throw an error if you supply more than one chars. See #28.
NOTE: Characters having code points outside of BMP plan are considered a two distinct characters. See #58.
Other packages similar to left-pad
string-padding
This package offers similar functionality to left-pad, allowing for padding on both the left and right sides of a string. It provides more flexibility compared to left-pad.
pad
The pad package is another alternative that provides both left and right padding of strings. It is more versatile than left-pad as it supports padding on either side.
pad-left
Pad-left is specifically focused on left padding, similar to left-pad. However, it might have different implementation details or additional options.
FAQs
String left pad
The npm package left-pad receives a total of 1,158,493 weekly downloads. As such, left-pad popularity was classified as popular.
We found that left-pad demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 09 Apr 2018
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