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# numpy.core.defchararray.ljust

`numpy.core.defchararray.``ljust`(a, width, fillchar=' ')

  Return an array with the elements of a left-justified in a string of length width.

  Calls str.ljust element-wise.

  Parameters : | a : array_like of str or unicode width : int The length of the resulting strings fillchar : str or unicode, optional The character to use for padding
  Returns : | out : ndarray Output array of str or unicode, depending on input type

  See also

  `str.ljust`