String Formatting Methods

String formatting methods create derived string values from an existing string.

repeat(count)

Repeats the string.

Argument	Type	Description
`count`	number	Number of repetitions. Values less than or equal to zero return an empty string.

Returns: string.

Example:

'ab'.repeat(3);       // 'ababab'

Pads the string on the left until it reaches the requested length.

Argument	Type	Description
`pad`	any	Padding text. Empty padding uses a space.
`length`	number	Target string length.

Returns: string.

Example:

'7'.padleft('0', 3);  // '007'

Pads the string on the right until it reaches the requested length.

Argument	Type	Description
`pad`	any	Padding text. Empty padding uses a space.
`length`	number	Target string length.

Returns: string.

Example:

'7'.padright('0', 3); // '700'

Formats semicolon-separated text as a table.

Example:

text = 'A;B;C';
text.table();

Formats semicolon-separated text as a table, optionally treating the first row as a header.

Argument	Type	Description
`header`	any	Converted to bool. True means the first row is treated as a header.

Returns: string.

Example:

text = 'Name;Value\nX;10';
text.table(true);

Returns the numeric code of the first character.

An empty string returns `0`.

Example:

'A'.ord();            // 65
''.ord();             // 0