Python String center() Method
Python String center() method creates and returns a new string that is padded with the specified character.
Syntax: string.center(length[, fillchar])
Parameters:
- length: length of the string after padding with the characters.
- fillchar: (optional) characters which need to be padded. If it’s not provided, space is taken as the default argument.
Returns: Returns a string padded with specified fillchar and it doesn’t modify the original string.
Example 1: center() Method With Default fillchar
Python String center() Method tries to keep the new string length equal to the given length value and fills the extra characters using the default character (space in this case).
Python3
string = "Beginner for Beginner"new_string = string.center(24)# here fillchar not provided so takes space by default.print("After padding String is: ", new_string) |
Output:
After padding String is: Beginner for Beginner
Example 2: center() Method With ‘#’ as fillchar
Python
string = "Beginner for Beginner"new_string = string.center(24, '#')# here fillchar is providedprint("After padding String is:", new_string) |
Output:
After padding String is: ####Beginner for Beginner#####
Example 3: center() Method with length argument value less than original String length
Python3
string = "w3wiki"# new string will be unchangedprint(string.center(5)) |
Output:
w3wiki
Explanation: Here, in the output, the new string is unchanged, because the original string length (13) is more than the length value provided (5). Thus, the new string returned is unchanged.
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