basant307/AI_Governance_Project

1var createPadding = require('./_createPadding'),2    stringSize = require('./_stringSize'),3    toInteger = require('./toInteger'),4    toString = require('./toString');5 6/**7 * Pads `string` on the left side if it's shorter than `length`. Padding8 * characters are truncated if they exceed `length`.9 *10 * @static11 * @memberOf _12 * @since 4.0.013 * @category String14 * @param {string} [string=''] The string to pad.15 * @param {number} [length=0] The padding length.16 * @param {string} [chars=' '] The string used as padding.17 * @returns {string} Returns the padded string.18 * @example19 *20 * _.padStart('abc', 6);21 * // => '   abc'22 *23 * _.padStart('abc', 6, '_-');24 * // => '_-_abc'25 *26 * _.padStart('abc', 3);27 * // => 'abc'28 */29function padStart(string, length, chars) {30  string = toString(string);31  length = toInteger(length);32 33  var strLength = length ? stringSize(string) : 0;34  return (length && strLength < length)35    ? (createPadding(length - strLength, chars) + string)36    : string;37}38 39module.exports = padStart;40