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Replace the first given number of characters of a string with another character

JavaScript

const mask = (str, num, mask) => `${str}`.slice(num).padStart(`${str}`.length, mask)

TypeScript

const mask = (str: string, num: number, mask: string): string => `${str}`.slice(num).padStart(`${str}`.length, mask)

Examples

mask(1234567890, 3, '*') // *4567890