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general string left padding function in coffeescript
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pad.coffee
# val = the value to pad
# length = the length of the padded string
# padChar = the character to use for padding. Defaults to '0'
pad = (val, length, padChar = '0') ->
val += ''
numPads = length - val.length
if (numPads > 0) then new Array(numPads + 1).join(padChar) + val else val
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