fix(location): Pad en_US ZIP codes left to 5 characters if needed (#2278)

* fix(location): Pad en_US ZIP codes left to 5 characters if needed

* fix NJ and RI

* fix PR

* updated postcode_by_state to use string patterns

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Co-authored-by: DivisionByZero <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/modules/location/index.ts b/src/modules/location/index.ts
index cdfa44d0..175c5433 100644
--- a/src/modules/location/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/location/index.ts
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@ export class LocationModule {
     const { state } = options;
 
     if (state) {
-      const zipRange = this.faker.definitions.location.postcode_by_state[state];
+      const zipPattern: string =
+        this.faker.definitions.location.postcode_by_state[state];
 
-      if (zipRange) {
-        return String(this.faker.number.int(zipRange));
+      if (zipPattern) {
+        return this.faker.helpers.fake(zipPattern);
       }
 
       throw new FakerError(`No zip code definition found for state "${state}"`);