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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: object

For Series.str.ljust:

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

For Series.str.rjust:

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