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"""Provides a Jinja2 filter for padding strings to a set number of chars."""


def pad(value, length, fillchar=' '):
    """Pads a string to some length with a fill character

    Args:
        value (str): The string to padd.
        length (int/str): The length for the returned string.
        fillchar (str - optional): The character to fill in surplus space
            (space by default).

    Returns:
        str: value padded to the left with fillchar to length length.

    Examples:
        >>> pad('13', 3, '0')
        '013'
        >>> pad('foo', 6)
        '   foo'
        >>> pad('foo', 2)
        'foo'

    """
    return str(value).rjust(int(length), str(fillchar))
