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The left-pad npm package is a simple utility that allows you to pad a string with characters to ensure it reaches a certain length. It is primarily used to add padding to the left side of a string.
String Padding
This feature allows you to pad a string with spaces or any other character to a certain length. It is useful for aligning text or ensuring that strings fit into a fixed-width layout.
"hello".padStart(10, ' '); // results in ' hello'
This package offers similar functionality to left-pad, allowing for padding on both the left and right sides of a string. It provides more flexibility compared to left-pad.
The pad package is another alternative that provides both left and right padding of strings. It is more versatile than left-pad as it supports padding on either side.
Pad-left is specifically focused on left padding, similar to left-pad. However, it might have different implementation details or additional options.
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String left pad
$ npm install left-pad
leftpad = require('left-pad')
leftpad('foo', 5)
// => " foo"
leftpad('foobar', 6)
// => "foobar"
leftpad(1, 2, 0)
// => "01"
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The npm package left-pad receives a total of 1,257,855 weekly downloads. As such, left-pad popularity was classified as popular.
We found that left-pad demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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