str.ljust
Left-align the string, padding it on the right to the length width.
Python 3.13
str.ljust(width[, fillchar])Parameters
- widthint
- The length of the result.
- fillcharstroptional
- The padding character, a space by default; exactly one character.
Return value
A new string; the original is not changed.
Examples
Padding with spaces on the right
Python 3.13
print('[' + 'hi'.ljust(5) + ']')[hi ]
A column with dots before the price
Python 3.13
for name, price in [('tea', 50), ('coffee', 120)]:
print(name.ljust(8, '.') + str(price))tea.....50 coffee..120
Details
A long string is not cut: if it is already at least width long, it is returned unchanged. In f-strings, the {text:<10} format does the same.