Add ljust and rjust methods to str built-in type#3502
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``` str.ljust(width[, fillchar]) str.rjust(width[, fillchar]) ``` These methods are equivalent to their Python namesakes: they return a copy of the string left-padded or right-padded with the character given by `fillchar` until it is `width` characters long. `fillchar` defaults to `' '` (i.e. a space).
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| - returns a copy of this string left-padded with the character given | ||
| in <code class="code">fillchar</code> (or the default <code class="code" | ||
| >' '</code> if no value is given) until it is <code class="code" | ||
| >width</code> characters long. |
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Is it worth declaring here that this is done based on how Go counts characters(/runes)? Or are we happy to leave the "how long is a (piece of) string" nonsense unsaid?
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IMO it's best left unsaid for now, because I'm pretty sure string length operations are inconsistent in ASP and I'd rather people not draw inferences based on statements made in one part of the documentation that are omitted in others. I don't think it's the highest-priority task, but we should probably go through the language and make sure length operations on strings are all character-wise, not byte-wise, as they are in Python.
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…ne#3502) ``` str.ljust(width[, fillchar]) str.rjust(width[, fillchar]) ``` These methods are equivalent to their Python namesakes: they return a copy of the string left-padded or right-padded with the character given by `fillchar` until it is `width` characters long. `fillchar` defaults to `' '` (i.e. a space).
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These methods are equivalent to their Python namesakes: they return a copy of the string left-padded or right-padded with the character given by
fillcharuntil it iswidthcharacters long.fillchardefaults to' '(i.e. a space).