Python String rjust() Method
By Lenin Mishra
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Python String rjust() method
The rjust()
method in Python right aligns the string, using a specific number of characters (space is used as default) as the provided fill character.
Syntax of rjust()
method
string.rjust(length, fill_character)
length: The length of the output string(Required).
fill_character: A character to fill the missing space
to the left of the string(Optional).
Default is space.
Example 1
Code
x = "Pylenin"
y = x.rjust(20)
print(len(y))
print(y)
Output
20
Pylenin
As you can see, the length of the new string is 20 characters long.
Example 2 - Using a different fill character
Code
x = "Pylenin"
y = x.rjust(20, "*")
print(len(y))
print(y)
Output
20
*************Pylenin
Check out other commonly used Python string methods.
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