text: import repeat from '../repeat.js'
  import baseToString from './baseToString.js'
  import castSlice from './castSlice.js'
  import hasUnicode from './hasUnicode.js'
  import stringSize from './stringSize.js'
  import stringToArray from './stringToArray.js'
  
  /**
   * Creates the padding for `string` based on `length`. The `chars` string
   * is truncated if the number of characters exceeds `length`.
   *
   * @private
   * @param {number} length The padding length.
   * @param {string} [chars=' '] The string used as padding.
   * @returns {string} Returns the padding for `string`.
   */
  function createPadding(length, chars) {
    chars = chars === undefined ? ' ' : baseToString(chars)
  
    const charsLength = chars.length
    if (charsLength < 2) {
      return charsLength ? repeat(chars, length) : chars
    }
    const result = repeat(chars, Math.ceil(length / stringSize(chars)))
    return hasUnicode(chars)
      ? castSlice(stringToArray(result), 0, length).join('')
      : result.slice(0, length)
  }
  
  export default createPadding
  