Method Name:
center
Method signature:
center(width[, fillchar])
Method Overview:
- The center() method of str class does not return the central character or any central part of the string.
- On a string with “n” as width, center() will make the original string appear in the center portion.
- Remaining portion of the string will be padded with specified padding character as per the fillchar parameters.
- If no fillchar is specified space character is used as the padding character.
- When the specified width is an even number the padding starts at the right side of the original string.
- When the specified width is an odd number the padding starts at the left side of the original string.
- If the specified width is smaller than then the length of the string than a replica copy of the original string is returned.
Example:
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sampleString = "Be yourself" print(sampleString.center(12,"#")) print(sampleString.center(13,"#"))
sampleString = "Have Fun" print(sampleString.center(9,"#")) |
Output:
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Be yourself# #Be yourself# #Have Fun |