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# pandas.core.strings.StringMethods.pad

`StringMethods.``pad`(width, side='left')

  Pad strings with whitespace

  Parameters : | arr : list or array-like width : int Minimum width of resulting string; additional characters will be filled with spaces side : {‘left’, ‘right’, ‘both’}, default ‘left’
  Returns : | padded : array

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