| var createPadding = require('./_createPadding'), | |
|     stringSize = require('./_stringSize'), | |
|     toInteger = require('./toInteger'), | |
|     toString = require('./toString'); | |
| 
 | |
| /** | |
|  * Pads `string` on the left side if it's shorter than `length`. Padding | |
|  * characters are truncated if they exceed `length`. | |
|  * | |
|  * @static | |
|  * @memberOf _ | |
|  * @since 4.0.0 | |
|  * @category String | |
|  * @param {string} [string=''] The string to pad. | |
|  * @param {number} [length=0] The padding length. | |
|  * @param {string} [chars=' '] The string used as padding. | |
|  * @returns {string} Returns the padded string. | |
|  * @example | |
|  * | |
|  * _.padStart('abc', 6); | |
|  * // => '   abc' | |
|  * | |
|  * _.padStart('abc', 6, '_-'); | |
|  * // => '_-_abc' | |
|  * | |
|  * _.padStart('abc', 3); | |
|  * // => 'abc' | |
|  */ | |
| function padStart(string, length, chars) { | |
|   string = toString(string); | |
|   length = toInteger(length); | |
| 
 | |
|   var strLength = length ? stringSize(string) : 0; | |
|   return (length && strLength < length) | |
|     ? (createPadding(length - strLength, chars) + string) | |
|     : string; | |
| } | |
| 
 | |
| module.exports = padStart;
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