Is there a JavaScript function that can pad a string to get to a determined length?

Question

I am in need of a JavaScript function which can take a value and pad it to a given length (I need spaces, but anything would do). I found this:

Code:

Answer 1

It's 2014, and I suggest a Javascript string-padding function. Ha!

Bare-bones: right-pad with spaces

function pad ( str, length ) {
    var padding = ( new Array( Math.max( length - str.length + 1, 0 ) ) ).join( " " );
    return str + padding;
}

Fancy: pad with options

/**
 * @param {*}       str                         input string, or any other type (will be converted to string)
 * @param {number}  length                      desired length to pad the string to
 * @param {Object}  [opts]
 * @param {string}  [opts.padWith=" "]          char to use for padding
 * @param {boolean} [opts.padLeft=false]        whether to pad on the left
 * @param {boolean} [opts.collapseEmpty=false]  whether to return an empty string if the input was empty
 * @returns {string}
 */
function pad ( str, length, opts ) {
    var padding = ( new Array( Math.max( length - ( str + "" ).length + 1, 0 ) ) ).join( opts && opts.padWith || " " ),
        collapse = opts && opts.collapseEmpty && !( str + "" ).length;
    return collapse ? "" : opts && opts.padLeft ? padding + str : str + padding;
}

Usage (fancy):

pad( "123", 5 );
// returns "123  "

pad( 123, 5 );
// returns "123  " - non-string input

pad( "123", 5, { padWith: "0", padLeft: true } );
// returns "00123"

pad( "", 5 );
// returns "     "

pad( "", 5, { collapseEmpty: true } );
// returns ""

pad( "1234567", 5 );
// returns "1234567"