pyspark.pandas.Series.str.center

str.center(width: int, fillchar: str = ' ') → ps.Series

Filling left and right side of strings in the Series/Index with an additional character. Equivalent to str.center().

Parameters
widthint

Minimum width of resulting string; additional characters will be filled with fillchar.

fillcharstr

Additional character for filling, default is whitespace.

Returns
Series of objects

Examples

>>> s = ps.Series(["caribou", "tiger"])
>>> s
0    caribou
1      tiger
dtype: object
>>> s.str.center(width=10, fillchar='-')
0    -caribou--
1    --tiger---
dtype: object