time-to-botec/js/node_modules/@stdlib/string/right-pad/README.md
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Right Pad

Right pad a string.

Usage

var rpad = require( '@stdlib/string/right-pad' );

rpad( str, len[, pad] )

Right pads a string such that the padded string has a length of at least len.

var str = rpad( 'a', 5 );
// returns 'a    '

By default, an input string is padded with spaces. To pad with a different character or sequence of characters, provide a pad string.

var str = rpad( 'beep', 10, 'p' );
// returns 'beeppppppp'

str = rpad( 'beep', 12, 'boop' );
// returns 'beepboopboop'

Notes

  • An output string is not guaranteed to have a length of exactly len, but to have a length of at least len. To generate a padded string having a length equal to len

    var str = rpad( 'beep', 10, 'boop' );
    // returns 'beepboopboop' => length 12
    
    str = str.substring( 0, 10 );
    // returns 'beepboopbo' => length 10
    

Examples

var round = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/round' );
var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' );
var rpad = require( '@stdlib/string/right-pad' );

var str = 'beep';
var n;
var i;

for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    n = round( randu()*10.0 ) + str.length;
    console.log( rpad( str, n, 'p' ) );
}

CLI

Usage

Usage: rpad [options] [<string>] --len=<length>

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.
         --len length          Minimum string length.
         --pad str             String used to pad. Default: ' '.
         --split sep           Delimiter for stdin data. Default: '/\\r?\\n/'.

Notes

  • If the split separator is a regular expression, ensure that the split option is either properly escaped or enclosed in quotes.

    # Not escaped...
    $ echo -n $'beep\nboop' | rpad --len 8 --pad % --split /\r?\n/
    
    # Escaped...
    $ echo -n $'beep\nboop' | rpad --len 8 --pad % --split /\\r?\\n/
    
  • The implementation ignores trailing delimiters.

Examples

$ rpad beep --len 10 --pad p
beeppppppp

To use as a standard stream,

$ echo -n 'boop' | rpad --len 8 --pad %
boop%%%%

By default, when used as a standard stream, the implementation assumes newline-delimited data. To specify an alternative delimiter, set the split option.

$ echo -n 'boop\tbeep' |  rpad --len 8 --pad % --split '\t'
boop%%%%
beep%%%%

See Also