Indent string
Indents each line in the provided string.
- Use
String.prototype.replace()
and a regular expression to add the character specified byindent
count
times at the start of each line. - Omit the third argument,
indent
, to use a default indentation character of' '
.
const indentString = (str, count, indent = ' ') => str.replace(/^/gm, indent.repeat(count)); indentString('Lorem\nIpsum', 2); // ' Lorem\n Ipsum' indentString('Lorem\nIpsum', 2, '_'); // '__Lorem\n__Ipsum'