The padEnd() method in JavaScript is used to pad a string from the end with another string. padEnd() pads the current string multiple times until it reaches a specified length.
The syntax of the padEnd() method is as follows.
padEnd([length], [padString])
The padEnd() method takes the following parameters:
[length]: The desired length of the string to return.
[padString]: The string that you want to use to pad the current string. [padString] is applied to the current string from the end position.
Note that this parameter is optional and has a default value of the space character,
" ".
The
lengthparameter should not be greater than the string length. Otherwise, it won’t be padded.
The padEnd() method returns a new string with a length as specified by [length] that is padded with the specified pad string [padString].
The code snippet below shows how the padEnd() method works in JavaScript.
// create a stringlet ourString = "Hello";// pad the stringlet paddedString = ourString.padEnd(10, "!");// log the string to consoleconsole.log(paddedString); // Padded string with length 10
In the code snippet above, the padEnd() method is used to pad the string "Hello" with the string "!". The total length of the returned string is .
When the length parameter is less than the string length, then no padding will be added, as shown below.
/*length parameter(2) should be greater thancurrent string length ("ish").*/console.log("wow".padEnd(2, "w")) // "ish"
A string can also be padded with multiple characters. The code below pads the string "Hello" with the string "World" until the length reaches .
// create a stringlet ourString = "Hello";// pad our stringlet paddedString = ourString.padEnd(20, "World")// log padded string to consoleconsole.log(paddedString); //