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Is there a JavaScript function that can pad a string to get to a determined length?
How can I convert convert \'1\' to \'0001\' in JavaScript without using any 3rd party libraries. I have done this in php using spritf: $time = sprintf(\'%04.0f\',$time_arr[$i]);
This is a clever little trick (that I think I\'ve seen on SO before):
var str = \"\" + 1
var pad = \"0000\"
var ans = pad.substring(0, pad.length - str.length) + str
JavaScript is more forgiving than some languages if the second argument to substring is negative so it will \"overflow correctly\" (or incorrectly depending on how it\'s viewed):
That is, with the above:
- 1 -> \"0001\"
- 12345 -> \"12345\"
Supporting negative numbers is left as an exercise ;-)
Happy coding.
Just to demonstrate the flexibility of javascript: you can use a oneliner for this
function padLeft(nr, n, str){
return Array(n-String(nr).length+1).join(str||\'0\')+nr;
}
//or as a Number prototype method:
Number.prototype.padLeft = function (n,str){
return Array(n-String(this).length+1).join(str||\'0\')+this;
}
//examples
console.log(padLeft(23,5)); //=> \'00023\'
console.log((23).padLeft(5)); //=> \'00023\'
console.log((23).padLeft(5,\' \')); //=> \' 23\'
console.log(padLeft(23,5,\'>>\')); //=> \'>>>>>>23\'
If you want to use this for negative numbers also:
Number.prototype.padLeft = function (n,str) {
return (this < 0 ? \'-\' : \'\') +
Array(n-String(Math.abs(this)).length+1)
.join(str||\'0\') +
(Math.abs(this));
}
console.log((-23).padLeft(5)); //=> \'-00023\'
Alternative if you don\'t want to use Array
:
number.prototype.padLeft = function (len,chr) {
var self = Math.abs(this)+\'\';
return (this<0 && \'-\' || \'\')+
(String(Math.pow( 10, (len || 2)-self.length))
.slice(1).replace(/0/g,chr||\'0\') + self);
}
String.prototype.padZero= function(len, c){
var s= this, c= c || \'0\';
while(s.length< len) s= c+ s;
return s;
}
dispite the name, you can left-pad with any character, including a space.
I never had a use for right side padding, but that would be easy enough.
I use the following object:
function Padder(len, pad) {
if (len === undefined) {
len = 1;
} else if (pad === undefined) {
pad = \'0\';
}
var pads = \'\';
while (pads.length < len) {
pads += pad;
}
this.pad = function (what) {
var s = what.toString();
return pads.substring(0, pads.length - s.length) + s;
};
}
With it you can easily define different \"paddings\":
var zero4 = new Padder(4);
zero4.pad(12); // \"0012\"
zero4.pad(12345); // \"12345\"
zero4.pad(\"xx\"); // \"00xx\"
var x3 = new Padder(3, \"x\");
x3.pad(12); // \"x12\"