This functions returns the input string padded on the left, the right, or both sides to the specified padding length. If the optional argument “pad” is not supplied, the input is padded with spaces, otherwise it is padded with characters from “pad” up to the “len” length.
Source code for webtoolkit.pad.js
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/**
*
* Javascript string pad
* http://www.webtoolkit.info/
*
**/
var STR_PAD_LEFT = 1;
var STR_PAD_RIGHT = 2;
var STR_PAD_BOTH = 3;
function pad(str, len, pad, dir) {
if (typeof(len) == "undefined") { var len = 0; }
if (typeof(pad) == "undefined") { var pad = ' '; }
if (typeof(dir) == "undefined") { var dir = STR_PAD_RIGHT; }
if (len + 1 >= str.length) {
switch (dir){
case STR_PAD_LEFT:
str = Array(len + 1 - str.length).join(pad) + str;
break;
case STR_PAD_BOTH:
var right = Math.ceil((padlen = len - str.length) / 2);
var left = padlen - right;
str = Array(left+1).join(pad) + str + Array(right+1).join(pad);
break;
default:
str = str + Array(len + 1 - str.length).join(pad);
break;
} // switch
}
return str;
}
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