pad

Pad a string.

Installation

To use as a general utility, install the CLI package globally

npm install -g @stdlib/string-pad-cli

Usage

Usage: padstr [options] [<string>] --len <length>

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.
         --len length          String length.
         --lpad str            String used to left pad. Default: ''.
         --rpad str            String used to right pad. Default: ' '.
         --cright              Center right in the event of a tie.
         --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' | padstr --len 10 --split /\r?\n/
  
  # Escaped...
  $ echo -n $'beep\nboop' | padstr --len 10 --split /\\r?\\n/

• The implementation ignores trailing delimiters.

Examples

$ padstr beep --len 10 --lpad b --rpad p
bbbbeepppp

To use as a standard stream,

$ echo -n 'beep' | pad --len 9 --lpad a --rpad o
aabeepooo

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 'beep\tboop' | pad --len 9 --lpad a --rpad o --split '\t'
aabeepooo
aaboopooo

See Also

• @stdlib/string-pad: pad a string.
• @stdlib/string-left-pad: left pad a string.
• @stdlib/string-right-pad: right pad a string.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

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License

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