pad

Node Pad is a simple function to pad strings in both left and right directions.

Exemples

pad('pad', 5) # "pad  "
pad(5, 'pad') # "  pad"
pad('pad', 5, '+') # "pad++"
pad(5, 'pad', '+') # "++pad"

Left padding: pad(length, text, [options])

Left padding occurs when the first argument is a number and the second argument is a string.

var pad = require('pad');
pad(5, 'pad', '-').should.eql('-pad');

Right padding: pad(text, length, [options])

Right padding occurs when the first argument is a string and the second argument is a number.

var pad = require('pad');
pad('pad', 6).should.eql('pad   ');

Options

Options are provided as a third argument and are all optional. A string argument it is interpreted as the "char" option. Accepted options include:

• char (string)
  The character used to fill the gap.
• colors (boolean)
  Ajust to hidden terminal color characters, you may also use require 'pad/lib/colors' to avoid passing this option.
• strip (boolean)
  Remove characters from text if length smaller than text length, default to "false".

Installing

Via npm:

npm install pad

Via git (or downloaded tarball), copy or link the project from a discoverable Node directory:

git clone http://github.com/wdavidw/node-pad.git

Testing

Clone the repo, install the development dependencies and run the suite:

git clone http://github.com/wdavidw/node-pad.git .
npm install
make test