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general string left padding function in coffeescript
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| # val = the value to pad | |
| # length = the length of the padded string | |
| # padChar = the character to use for padding. Defaults to '0' | |
| pad = (val, length, padChar = '0') -> | |
| val += '' | |
| numPads = length - val.length | |
| if (numPads > 0) then new Array(numPads + 1).join(padChar) + val else val |
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