[UPDATED CODE AND HELP CAN BE FOUND HERE]
usage:
var s = "Jonas"; document.write( s, " => ", s.pad(20, "[]", 0), "<br />", s, " => ", s.pad(20, "[====]", 1), "<br />", s, " => ", s.pad(20, "~", 2) );
code:
//+ Jonas Raoni Soares Silva //@ http://jsfromhell.com/string/pad [v1.0] String.prototype.pad = function(l, s, t){ return s || (s = " "), (l -= this.length) > 0 ? (s = new Array(Math.ceil(l / s.length) + 1).join(s)).substr(0, t = !t ? l : t == 1 ? 0 : Math.ceil(l / 2)) + this + s.substr(0, l - t) : this; };