Is there a JavaScript function that can pad a string to get to a determined length?

Question

I am in need of a JavaScript function which can take a value and pad it to a given length (I need spaces, but anything would do). I found this:

Code:

Answer 1

A variant of @Daniel LaFavers' answer.

var mask = function (background, foreground) {
  bg = (new String(background));
  fg = (new String(foreground));
  bgl = bg.length;
  fgl = fg.length;
  bgs = bg.substring(0, Math.max(0, bgl - fgl));
  fgs = fg.substring(Math.max(0, fgl - bgl));
  return bgs + fgs;
};

For example:

mask('00000', 11  );   // '00011'
mask('00011','00' );   // '00000'
mask( 2     , 3   );   // '3'
mask('0'    ,'111');   // '1'
mask('fork' ,'***');   // 'f***'
mask('_____','dog');   // '__dog'