Skip to main content
`Ctrl`+`K`

# pandas.Series.str.ljust

Series.str.ljust(width, fillchar=' ')

  Pad right side of strings in the Series/Index.

  Equivalent to `str.ljust()`.

  Parameters:
    widthint

      Minimum width of resulting string; additional characters will be filled with `fillchar`.

    fillcharstr

      Additional character for filling, default is whitespace.

  Returns:
    Series/Index of objects.

  Examples

  For Series.str.center:

      >>> ser = pd.Series(['dog', 'bird', 'mouse'])
      >>> ser.str.center(8, fillchar='.')
      0   ..dog...
      1   ..bird..
      2   .mouse..
      dtype: object

  For Series.str.ljust:

      >>> ser = pd.Series(['dog', 'bird', 'mouse'])
      >>> ser.str.ljust(8, fillchar='.')
      0   dog.....
      1   bird....
      2   mouse...
      dtype: object

  For Series.str.rjust:

      >>> ser = pd.Series(['dog', 'bird', 'mouse'])
      >>> ser.str.rjust(8, fillchar='.')
      0   .....dog
      1   ....bird
      2   ...mouse
      dtype: object