Python String center()

sentence = "Python is awesome"

# returns the centered padded string of length 24 
new_string = sentence.center(24, '*')

print(new_string)

# Output: ***Python is awesome****

center() Syntax

The syntax of the center() method is:

str.center(width, [fillchar])

Here, str is a string.

center() Parameters

The center() method takes two parameters:

• width - length of the string with padded characters
• fillchar (optional) - padding character

Note: If fillchar is not provided, whitespace is taken as the default argument.

center() Return Value

The center() method returns:

• a string padded with specified fillchar

Note: The center() method doesn't modify the original string.

Example 1: Python center()

sentence = "Python is awesome"

# returns the centered padded string of length 20 
new_string = sentence.center(20, '$')

print(new_string)

Output

 $Python is awesome$$

In the above example, we have used the center() method with the sentence string as sentence.center(20,'$').

The method returns a new centered string after padding the sentence with '$' up to length 20.

Example 2: center() with Default Argument

text = "Python is awesome"

# returns padded string by adding whitespace up to length 24
new_text = text.center(24)

print("Centered String: ", new_text)

Output

Centered String:     Python is awesome   

Here, we have not passed the fillchar parameter in the center() method. The method pads whitespace to text making the length of the centered string 24.

Also Read:

• Python String rjust()
• Python String ljust()