var createPadding = require('./_createPadding'),
stringSize = require('./_stringSize'),
toInteger = require('./toInteger'),
toString = require('./toString');
/**
* Pads `string` on the left side if it's shorter than `length`. Padding
* characters are truncated if they exceed `length`.
*
* @static
* @memberOf _
* @since 4.0.0
* @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
*
* _.padStart('abc', 6);
* // => ' abc'
*
* _.padStart('abc', 6, '_-');
* // => '_-_abc'
*
* _.padStart('abc', 3);
* // => 'abc'
*/
function padStart(string, length, chars) {
string = toString(string);
length = toInteger(length);
var strLength = length ? stringSize(string) : 0;
return (length && strLength < length)
? (createPadding(length - strLength, chars) + string)
: string;
}
module.exports = padStart;