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var createPadDir = require('../internal/createPadDir');
/**
* Pads `string` on the left side if it's shorter than `length`. Padding
* characters are truncated if they exceed `length`.
*
* @static
* @memberOf _
* @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
*
* _.padLeft('abc', 6);
* // => ' abc'
*
* _.padLeft('abc', 6, '_-');
* // => '_-_abc'
*
* _.padLeft('abc', 3);
* // => 'abc'
*/
var padLeft = createPadDir();
module.exports = padLeft;