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