Dang, that class should be:
class PaddedStr(str):
def __new__(cls,s,l,padc=' '):
if l > len(s):
s2 = "%s%s" % (s,padc*(l-len(s)))
return str.__new__(cls,s2)
else:
return str.__new__(cls,s) -- Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
