define(['../internal/baseToString', '../internal/createPad'], function(baseToString, createPad) {

/**

* Pads `string` on the left side if it is shorter then the given padding

* length. The `chars` string may be truncated if the number of padding

* characters exceeds the padding 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

*

* _.padLeft('abc', 6);

* // => ' abc'

*

* _.padLeft('abc', 6, '_-');

* // => '_-_abc'

*

* _.padLeft('abc', 3);

* // => 'abc'

*/

function padLeft(string, length, chars) {

string = baseToString(string);

return string && (createPad(string, length, chars) + string);

}

return padLeft;

});