text: import createPadding from './.internal/createPadding.js'
  import stringSize from './.internal/stringSize.js'
  
  /**
   * Pads `string` on the left and right sides if it's shorter than `length`.
   * Padding characters are truncated if they can't be evenly divided by `length`.
   *
   * @since 3.0.0
   * @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
   *
   * pad('abc', 8)
   * // => '  abc   '
   *
   * pad('abc', 8, '_-')
   * // => '_-abc_-_'
   *
   * pad('abc', 3)
   * // => 'abc'
   */
  function pad(string, length, chars) {
    const strLength = length ? stringSize(string) : 0
    if (!length || strLength >= length) {
      return string
    }
    const mid = (length - strLength) / 2
    return (
      createPadding(Math.floor(mid), chars) +
      string +
      createPadding(Math.ceil(mid), chars)
    )
  }
  
  export default pad
  