4.17.11
3.10.1
2.4.2
1.3.1

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

Pads string on the left side if it's shorter than length. Padding characters are truncated if they exceed length.

Since

4.0.0

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

_.padStart("abc", 6);
// => '   abc'

_.padStart("abc", 6, "_-");
// => '_-_abc'

_.padStart("abc", 3);
// => 'abc'
_.padStart("abc", 6);
// => '   abc'

_.padStart("abc", 6, "_-");
// => '_-_abc'

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