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The String padStart() method

Published Feb 26 2019

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The purpose of string padding is to add characters to a string, so it reaches a specific length.

padStart() can be used to add characters at the beginning of a string.

padStart(targetLength [, padString])

Sample usage:

padStart()
‘test’.padStart(4)	‘test’
‘test’.padStart(5)	’ test’
‘test’.padStart(8)	’    test’
‘test’.padStart(8, ‘abcd’)	‘abcdtest’

Also see padEnd().

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