包括所有选项

function padding(stringToBePadded, paddingCharacter, totalLength, padLeftElseRight){
    //will pad any string provided in first argument, with padding character provide in 2nd argument and truncate to lenght provided in third argument, padding left if 4th argument true or undefined, right if false. 
    // i.e. padding("lode","x","10")  -->  "xxxxxxlode"
    // i.e. padding("lode","x","10",true)  -->  "xxxxxxlode"
    // i.e. padding("lode","x","10",false)  -->  "lodexxxxxx"
    // i.e. padding("12","0","5")  -->  "00012"
    {
        padLeftElseRight = typeof padLeftElseRight !== 'undefined' ? padLeftElseRight : true;
    }
    if (stringToBePadded.length > totalLength){
        // console.log("string too long to be padded");
        return stringToBePadded;
    }
    var paddingString = paddingCharacter.repeat(totalLength);//make long string of padding characters
    if ( padLeftElseRight){
        return String(paddingString+stringToBePadded).slice(-totalLength);
    }else{ 
        return String(stringToBePadded+paddingString).slice(0,totalLength); 
    }
}

使用重复，会更简单。

    var padLeft=function(str, pad, fw){
        return fw>str.length ? pad.repeat(fw-str.length)+str : str;
    }

你可以这样使用它: padeLeft('origin-str'， '0'， 20)

http://www.webtoolkit.info/javascript_pad.html

/**
*
*  JavaScript string pad
*  http://www.webtoolkit.info/
*
**/

var STR_PAD_LEFT = 1;
var STR_PAD_RIGHT = 2;
var STR_PAD_BOTH = 3;

function pad(str, len, pad, dir) {

    if (typeof(len) == "undefined") { var len = 0; }
    if (typeof(pad) == "undefined") { var pad = ' '; }
    if (typeof(dir) == "undefined") { var dir = STR_PAD_RIGHT; }

    if (len + 1 >= str.length) {

        switch (dir){

            case STR_PAD_LEFT:
                str = Array(len + 1 - str.length).join(pad) + str;
            break;

            case STR_PAD_BOTH:
                var padlen = len - str.length;
                var right = Math.ceil( padlen / 2 );
                var left = padlen - right;
                str = Array(left+1).join(pad) + str + Array(right+1).join(pad);
            break;

            default:
                str = str + Array(len + 1 - str.length).join(pad);
            break;

        } // switch

    }

    return str;
}

可读性更强。

这两种解决方案的关键技巧是创建具有给定大小(比所需长度大一个)的数组实例，然后立即调用join()方法来生成字符串。join()方法被传递填充字符串(可能是空格)。由于数组是空的，在将数组连接到一个结果字符串的过程中，空单元格将被呈现为空字符串，只有填充将保留。这是一个很好的技巧。

包括所有选项

function padding(stringToBePadded, paddingCharacter, totalLength, padLeftElseRight){
    //will pad any string provided in first argument, with padding character provide in 2nd argument and truncate to lenght provided in third argument, padding left if 4th argument true or undefined, right if false. 
    // i.e. padding("lode","x","10")  -->  "xxxxxxlode"
    // i.e. padding("lode","x","10",true)  -->  "xxxxxxlode"
    // i.e. padding("lode","x","10",false)  -->  "lodexxxxxx"
    // i.e. padding("12","0","5")  -->  "00012"
    {
        padLeftElseRight = typeof padLeftElseRight !== 'undefined' ? padLeftElseRight : true;
    }
    if (stringToBePadded.length > totalLength){
        // console.log("string too long to be padded");
        return stringToBePadded;
    }
    var paddingString = paddingCharacter.repeat(totalLength);//make long string of padding characters
    if ( padLeftElseRight){
        return String(paddingString+stringToBePadded).slice(-totalLength);
    }else{ 
        return String(stringToBePadded+paddingString).slice(0,totalLength); 
    }
}

String.prototype.padStart()和String.prototype.padEnd()目前是TC39候选提案:参见github.com/tc39/proposal-string-pad-start-end(仅在2016年4月在Firefox中可用;有填充材料可用)。