var utility = angular.module('utility', []); utility.filter('pad', function() { return function(input, length, symbol) { n = parseInt(input, 10); l = parseInt(length, 10); symbol = symbol || ' '; if (isNaN(n) || isNaN(l)) { return n; } n = ''+n; while(n.length < l) { n = symbol + n; } return n; } });