jquery.strpad.js

jquery.strpad.js

/**
 * Function that imitates PHP's str_pad.
 *
 * @param input string
 * @param padLength string
 * @param padString string
 * @param padType string
 * @returns string
 */
jQuery.strPad = function(input, padLength, padString, padType) {
    if (input == undefined) input = ''
    var output = input.toString()
    if (padString == undefined) padString = ' '
    if (padType === undefined) padType = 'STR_PAD_RIGHT'
    if (padType == 'STR_PAD_RIGHT') {
        while (output.length < padLength) output = output + padString
    } else if (padType == 'STR_PAD_LEFT') {
        while (output.length < padLength) output = padString + output
    } else if (padType == 'STR_PAD_BOTH') {
        var j = 0
        while (output.length < padLength) {
            if (j % 2) {
                output = output + padString
            } else {
                output = padString + output
            }
            j++
        }
    }
    return output
}