JavaScript String padEnd()

Definition and usage

padEnd() The method is used to pad characters at the end of a string.

padEnd() The method uses another string (repeated multiple times) to pad the current string until it reaches the specified length.

Also see:

padStart() method

trim() method

trimEnd() method

trimStart() method

Instance

Example 1

let text = "5";
let padded = text.padEnd(4,"0");

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Example 2

let text = "5";
let padded = text.padEnd(4,"x");

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Example 3

let numb = 5;
let text = numb.toString();
let padded = text.padEnd(4,"0");

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Syntax

string.padEnd(length, string)

Parameter

Return value

Browser support

padEnd() It is a feature of ECMAScript 2017.

Since September 2017, all modern browsers support ES2017:

Internet Explorer does not support padEnd().