{"id":924,"date":"2020-04-01T06:25:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T13:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renanmf.com\/?p=924"},"modified":"2021-03-21T16:32:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T19:32:21","slug":"center-string-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renanmf.com\/center-string-python\/","title":{"rendered":"center(): centered string in Python"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Use the <code>center()<\/code> method to center a string.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-python\">word = &#039;beach&#039;\nnumber_spaces = 32\n\nword_centered = word.center(number_spaces)\n\nprint(word)\n#&#039;beach&#039;\n\nprint(word_centered)\n##output: &#039;              beach              &#039;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Notice the spaces in the second string. The word &#8216;beach&#8217; has 5 characters, which gives us 28 spaces to fill with empty space, 14 spaces before and 14 after to center the word.<\/p>\n<p>The original <code>word<\/code> variable remains unchanged, thus we need to assign the return of the method to a new variable, <code>word_centered<\/code> in this case.<\/p>\n<p>The <code>center()<\/code> also accepts a specific character as a parameter to fill the remaining space.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-python\">word = &#039;beach&#039;\nnumber_chars = 33\nchar = &#039;$&#039;\n\nword_centered = word.center(number_chars, char)\n\nprint(word)\n#beach\n\nprint(word_centered)\n#output: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$beach$$$$$$$$$$$$$$<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Similar to the first situation, I have 14 <code>$<\/code> in each side to make it 33 total when I count the 5 chars contained in the word &#8216;beach&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use the center() method to center a string. word = &#039;beach&#039; number_spaces = 32 word_centered = word.center(number_spaces) print(word) #&#039;beach&#039; print(word_centered) ##output: &#039; beach &#039; Notice the spaces in the second string. 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