namespace helpers.string
{
	
	/**
	 */
	export function coin
	(
		template : string,
		arguments_ : {[key : string] : string},
		open : string = "{{",
		close : string = "}}"
	) : string
	{
		let result : string = template;
		for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(arguments_))
		{
			const pattern : string = (open + key + close);
			result = result.replace(new RegExp(pattern, "g"), value);
		}
		return result;
	}
	
	
	export function pad_left
	(
		subject : string,
		length : int,
		filler : string
	) : string
	{
		let result : string = subject;
		while (result.length < length)
		{
			result = (filler + result);
		}
		return result;
	}
	
}