JS: String.prototype.padEnd

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

(new in ECMAScript 2017)

str.padEnd(n)

Return a new string, by adding space to the end of string so the length is n.

console.log("x".padEnd(3) === "x  ");
str.padEnd(n, padstr)

Use padStr to pad.

console.log("x".padEnd(3, "0") === "x00");
console.log("x".padEnd(4, "ab") === "xaba");
// true

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