finesse.utilities.tables.Table.expand_string

Table.expand_string(text, width, align='right')[source]

Expand a string to have a certain length.

Add blank spaces to the string to get its visible length to width. align controls whether the spaces are added in front, at the end or both. text will be converted to str.

Parameters:
textstr

Can also be an objection with __str__ defined.

widthint
alignstr, optional

Must be one of “right”, “left” or “center”. Defaults to “right”.

Raises:
ValueError

If the string is shorter than the given length or align is not one of the given options.