From 2cc39ad242588c2f64c0457b9d243c9cb8462f51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 16:03:41 +0000 Subject: #6238: add fillchar to string.just function family. --- Doc/library/string.rst | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index 168d1a5..3231d13 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -829,14 +829,15 @@ not be removed until Python 3.0. The functions defined in this module are: Return a copy of *s*, but with lower case letters converted to upper case. -.. function:: ljust(s, width) - rjust(s, width) - center(s, width) +.. function:: ljust(s, width[, fillchar]) + rjust(s, width[, fillchar]) + center(s, width[, fillchar]) These functions respectively left-justify, right-justify and center a string in a field of given width. They return a string that is at least *width* - characters wide, created by padding the string *s* with spaces until the given - width on the right, left or both sides. The string is never truncated. + characters wide, created by padding the string *s* with the character *fillchar* + (default is a space) until the given width on the right, left or both sides. + The string is never truncated. .. function:: zfill(s, width) -- cgit v0.12