pandas.Series.str.center#

Series.str.center(width, fillchar=' ')[source]#

Pad left and right side of strings in the Series/Index.

Equivalent to str.center().

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.: A Series or Index where the strings are modified by str.center().

See also

Series.str.rjust: Fills the left side of strings with an arbitrary character.
Series.str.ljust: Fills the right side of strings with an arbitrary character.
Series.str.center: Fills both sides of strings with an arbitrary character.
Series.str.zfill: Pad strings in the Series/Index by prepending ‘0’ character.

Examples

For Series.str.center:

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

For Series.str.ljust:

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

For Series.str.rjust:

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