How to pad a string to a fixed length with spaces in Python?

Question

I\'m sure this is covered in plenty of places, but I don\'t know the exact name of the action I\'m trying to do so I can\'t really look it up. I\'ve been reading an officia

Answer 1

First check to see if the string's length needs to be shortened, then add spaces until it is as long as the field length.

fieldLength = 15
string1 = string1[0:15] # If it needs to be shortened, shorten it
while len(string1) < fieldLength:
    rand += " "