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+var createPadding = require('./_createPadding'),
+ toString = require('./toString');
+
+/**
+ * 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
+ *
+ * _.padStart('abc', 6);
+ * // => ' abc'
+ *
+ * _.padStart('abc', 6, '_-');
+ * // => '_-_abc'
+ *
+ * _.padStart('abc', 3);
+ * // => 'abc'
+ */
+function padStart(string, length, chars) {
+ string = toString(string);
+ return createPadding(string, length, chars) + string;
+}
+
+module.exports = padStart;