numpy.char.center#
- char.center(a, width, fillchar=' ')[source]#
Return a copy of a with its elements centered in a string of length width.
Calls
str.center
element-wise.- Parameters:
- aarray-like, with
StringDType
,bytes_
, orstr_
dtype - widtharray_like, with any integer dtype
The length of the resulting strings, unless
width < str_len(a)
.- fillchararray-like, with
StringDType
,bytes_
, orstr_
dtype Optional padding character to use (default is space).
- aarray-like, with
- Returns:
- outndarray
Output array of
StringDType
,bytes_
orstr_
dtype, depending on input types
See also
Notes
This function is intended to work with arrays of strings. The fill character is not applied to numeric types.
Examples
>>> c = np.array(['a1b2','1b2a','b2a1','2a1b']); c array(['a1b2', '1b2a', 'b2a1', '2a1b'], dtype='<U4') >>> np.strings.center(c, width=9) array([' a1b2 ', ' 1b2a ', ' b2a1 ', ' 2a1b '], dtype='<U9') >>> np.strings.center(c, width=9, fillchar='*') array(['***a1b2**', '***1b2a**', '***b2a1**', '***2a1b**'], dtype='<U9') >>> np.strings.center(c, width=1) array(['a', '1', 'b', '2'], dtype='<U1')