Is there a built-in method to pad a string?

Is there a built-in method to pad a string?

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15193983/is-there-a-built-in-method-to-pad-a-string

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http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html

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http://freemarker.org/docs/ref_builtins_string.html

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http://python.about.com/od/pythonstandardlibrary/a/string-methods.htm

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http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/String.html

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http://www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby/ruby_strings.htm

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String

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http://www.itmaybeahack.com/book/python-2.6/html/p02/p02c02_strings.html