[Patch] {l,r}just with optional pad character parameter

[Moshe Zadka]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Peter Schneider-Kamp wrote:

> Moshe Zadka wrote:
> > 
> > In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess!!!!!
> > 
> > "GvR".ljust(6, "12")
> > Traceback (innermost last):
> >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> > ValueError: second argument to ljust must be of length 1
> 
> So what exactly did you want to express with that?
> 
> I knew that it only takes strings of length 1 right now.
> My questions were directed to Thomas' question
> "Why not allow multiple characters as padding ?".

Oh, sorry. In that case, I think that that was a good answer to Thomas
<wink>

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