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More Efficient LPad Function for Large Padding Lengths

 function LPad(ContentToSize,PadLength,PadChar) {     return GetRepeatedCharString(PadChar, PadLength -ContentToSize.length) + ContentToSize;}function GetRepeatedCharString(Char, Size) {	if (Size < 1) return "";	else if (Size == 1) return Char;	else return GetRepeatedCharString(Char, Size / 2) +GetRepeatedCharString(Char, (Size + 1) / 2);}Arguments:ContentToSize - Content to be PaddedPadLength -Length of the string after paddingPadChar - Character to be Padded if the String is length is lesser thenPadLengtheg.LPad(a,4,"0") will return 000a

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