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An elegant way to print "==== middle justified title ====" in python

As I know there are several elegant ways to print left and right padded lines. like this

str = "left_justified"
str.ljust(20, '0');

or

print "{0:{1}<20}".format(str, "=")

the result will be

left_justified=====

What is the best way to print a mid-justified row with padding

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>>> "hello".center(50, '=')
'======================hello======================='


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You missed ^

:

s = 'centered'
print "{0:{1}^20}".format(s, "=")
# -> ======centered======


I also took the liberty of renaming your variable str

to something that the inline doesn't hide str

.

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>>> termwidth, fillchar = 78, '='
>>> print ' middle justified title '.center(termwidth, fillchar)
=========================== middle justified title ===========================
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