right-pad-values

Right pad the values of a given property for each object in an array. Useful for creating text columns or tables.

• Install
• Usage
• API
• Related projects
• Running tests
• Contributing
• Author
• License

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm i right-pad-values --save

Usage

object

pad({
  a: 'b', 
  c: 'dddddd', 
  e: 'fff', 
  g: 'hhhhh'
});

Results in:

{
  a: 'b     ',
  c: 'dddddd',
  e: 'fff   ',
  g: 'hhhhh ',
};

Specific property in object of objects

pad('foo', {
  a: {
    foo: 'a',
    bar: 'z'
  },
  b: {
    foo: 'aaaaaaa',
    bar: 'z'
  },
  c: {
    foo: 'aaa',
    bar: 'z'
  }
});

Results in:

{ a: { foo: 'a      ', bar: 'z' },
  b: { foo: 'aaaaaaa', bar: 'z' },
  c: { foo: 'aaa    ', bar: 'z' } }

array of objects

Pass an array and specify the property with the value to pad:

var pad = require('right-pad-values');

var arr = [{a: 'b'}, {a: 'bb'}, {a: 'bbbb'}, {a: 'bbb'}, {a: 'bb'}];
pad(arr, 'a');

Results in:

[
  {a: 'b   '},
  {a: 'bb  '},
  {a: 'bbbb'},
  {a: 'bbb '},
  {a: 'bb  '}
];

Related projects

• longest: Get the longest item in an array. | homepage
• longest-value: Get the longest value for the given property from an array of objects, or the… more | homepage
• pad-left: Left pad a string with zeros or a specified string. Fastest implementation. | homepage
• pad-right: Right pad a string with zeros or a specified string. Fastest implementation. | homepage
• repeat-element: Create an array by repeating the given value n times. | homepage
• repeat-string: Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string. | homepage
• right-align-values: Right align the values of a given property for each object in an array. Useful… more | homepage

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

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