Replace all left spaces with a specific string

Question

I have following code to replace left spaces with a specific string but, It is not working as I want.

console.log('  asdadasdad as asdasd asasd'.replace(/^\s+/, 'x'))

It changed all left spaces with x, but It should change every left spaces with one x.

But I just need this output:

xxasdadasdad as asdasd asasd

How can I do it ? Thanks so much.

Answer 1

This will surely do in two lines:

  var str ='   asdadasdad as asdasd asasd';   
  console.log(str.trim().padStart(str.length, 'x'));