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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