ljust

Description

Returns the string left justified in a string of specified length.

Syntax

str. ljust(width[, fillchar])

width

Required. The width of the field containing the string.

fillchar

Optional. Specifies the padding character (default is a space).

Return Value

str

Time Complexity

#TODO

Remarks

The original string is returned if width is less than or equal to len(str).

Example

>>> "ABC".ljust(10)
'ABC       '
>>> "ABC".ljust(10, "#")
'ABC#######'
>>> "ABC".ljust(2, "#")
'ABC'

See Also

`ljust()`_, rjust(), center()