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string.prototype.padstart
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String.prototype.padStart 
An ES2017 spec-compliant String.prototype.padStart shim. Invoke its "shim" method to shim String.prototype.padStart if it is unavailable.
This package implements the es-shim API interface. It works in an ES3-supported environment and complies with the spec.
Most common usage:
var padStart = require('string.prototype.padstart');
assert(padStart('foo', 5, 'bar') === 'bafoo');
padStart.shim();
assert(padStart('foo', 2) === 'foo'.padStart(2));
Tests
Simply clone the repo, npm install, and run npm test
FAQs
ES2017 spec-compliant String.prototype.padStart shim.
The npm package string.prototype.padstart receives a total of 1,382,596 weekly downloads. As such, string.prototype.padstart popularity was classified as popular.
We found that string.prototype.padstart demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 17 Mar 2024
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