29 February 2020

3 mins

ES8 String Methods

Written by Dean Gilewicz
JS
padStart() pads the current string with another string (repeated, if needed) so that the resulting string reaches the given length. The padding is applied from the start (left) of the current string. The first argument is the target length and the second argument is what to pad it with.

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 padEnd() pads the current string with a given string (repeated, if needed) so that the resulting string reaches a given length. The padding is applied from the end (right) of the current string. The first argument is the target length and the second argument is what to pad it with.

See the Pen thecodelog.com - ES8 String Methods 2 by Deano (@deangilewicz) on CodePen.