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.