# .padStart(val,num)

## Description

Padstart returns the original string with the start padded out using the input values

## Parameters

The first parameter specifies what string should be used to pad out the original, and the second is a number that specifies how many times that string should be repeated.

## Usage On Strings

```javascript
num = "1"

log num.padStart("0",10)
// 0000000001
```


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