4.17.11
3.10.1
2.4.2
1.3.1

_.pad([string=''], [length=0], [chars=' '])

Pads string on the left and right sides if it's shorter than length. Padding characters are truncated if they can't be evenly divided by length.

Since

3.0.0

Arguments

argument
[string='']
[length=0]
[chars=' ']
type
string
number
string
description
The string to pad.
The padding length.
The string used as padding.

Returns

(array)

Example

_.pad("abc", 8);
// => '  abc   '

_.pad("abc", 8, "_-");
// => '_-abc_-_'

_.pad("abc", 3);
// => 'abc'
_.pad("abc", 8);
// => '  abc   '

_.pad("abc", 8, "_-");
// => '_-abc_-_'

_.pad("abc", 3);
// => 'abc'