xarray.core.accessor_str.StringAccessor.pad

StringAccessor.pad(width, side='left', fillchar=' ')

Pad strings in the array up to width.

Parameters:
  • width (int) – Minimum width of resulting string; additional characters will be filled with character defined in fillchar.
  • side ({'left', 'right', 'both'}, default 'left') – Side from which to fill resulting string.
  • fillchar (str, default ' ') – Additional character for filling, default is whitespace.
Returns:

filled – Array with a minimum number of char in each element.

Return type:

same type as values