/**
 * lodash 3.1.0 (Custom Build) <https://lodash.com/>
 * Build: `lodash modern modularize exports="npm" -o ./`
 * Copyright 2012-2015 The Dojo Foundation <http://dojofoundation.org/>
 * Based on Underscore.js 1.8.2 <http://underscorejs.org/LICENSE>
 * Copyright 2009-2015 Jeremy Ashkenas, DocumentCloud and Investigative Reporters & Editors
 * Available under MIT license <https://lodash.com/license>
 */
var baseToString = require('lodash._basetostring'),
    createPadding = require('lodash._createpadding');

/**
 * Creates a function for `_.padLeft` or `_.padRight`.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {boolean} [fromRight] Specify padding from the right.
 * @returns {Function} Returns the new pad function.
 */
function createPadDir(fromRight) {
  return function(string, length, chars) {
    string = baseToString(string);
    return string && ((fromRight ? string : '') + createPadding(string, length, chars) + (fromRight ? '' : string));
  };
}

/**
 * Pads `string` on the left side if it is shorter than `length`. Padding
 * characters are truncated if they exceed `length`.
 *
 * @static
 * @memberOf _
 * @category String
 * @param {string} [string=''] The string to pad.
 * @param {number} [length=0] The padding length.
 * @param {string} [chars=' '] The string used as padding.
 * @returns {string} Returns the padded string.
 * @example
 *
 * _.padLeft('abc', 6);
 * // => '   abc'
 *
 * _.padLeft('abc', 6, '_-');
 * // => '_-_abc'
 *
 * _.padLeft('abc', 3);
 * // => 'abc'
 */
var padLeft = createPadDir();

module.exports = padLeft;
