[New-bugs-announce] [issue33324] Bug in documentation 3.6: string-methods - str.center

[Alfonso Chavez]

New submission from Alfonso Chavez <alfonsochc at gmail.com>:

Hi. In https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods says:

str.center(width[, fillchar])

But, I tried in Windows 10 and Ubuntu Server:

>>> var = 'Variable de prueba'
>>> str.center(50, var)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: descriptor 'center' requires a 'str' object but received a 'int'

Then, I tried this:

>>> str.center(var, 50)
'                Variable de prueba                '

I think the documentation should read:
str.center(fillchar[, width])

Version in Windows: Python 3.6.5
Version in Ubuntu Server: Python 3.5.2

----------
assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 315562
nosy: Alfonso Chavez, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Bug in documentation 3.6: string-methods - str.center
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6

_______________________________________
Python tracker <report at bugs.python.org>
<https://bugs.python.org/issue33324>
_______________________________________