lpad-align

Left pad a string to align with the longest string in an array

Install

$ npm install lpad-align

Usage

const lpadAlign = require('lpad-align');

const words = [
    'foo',
    'foobar',
    'foobarcat'
];

for (const x of words) {
    console.log(lpadAlign(x, words, 4));
}

/*
          foo
       foobar
    foobarcat
 */

API

lpadAlign(string, array, indent)

string

Type: string

String that will be padded.

array

Type: Array

Array to align against.

indent

Type: number
Default: 4

Indentation to prepend the string with.

CLI

$ npm install --global lpad-align

  Usage
    $ cat <file> | lpad-align

  Example
    $ cat unicorn.txt | lpad-align
          foo
       foobar
    foobarcat