pad

Pads the input string to the specified width.

Type: transform

Parameters

• input (unknown): The input to pad. Non-string inputs are converted to JSON string first.
• width (number): The target width. Positive values pad to the right, negative values pad to the left.
• char (string): The character to use for padding. Defaults to space.

Returns

Type: string

The padded string.

Examples

pad("hello", 10) // "hello     "

pad("world", -8, "0") // "000world"

"foo"|pad(5, ".") // "foo.."