padding

Python – What is the most efficient way to generate padding? Question: Here’s the problem: I’m reading binary files in fairly large blocks (512 KiB) and wish to pad the last block with zeros whenever it is shorter than the block size. Currently, I’m doing something like this: bytes = f.read(self.chunksize) if len(bytes) > 0: …

Adding padding to a tkinter widget only on one side Question: How can I add padding to a tkinter window, without tkinter centering the widget? I tried: self.canvas_l = Label(self.master, text=”choose a color:”, font=”helvetica 12″) self.canvas_l.grid(row=9, column=1, sticky=S, ipady=30) and self.canvas_l = Label(self.master, text=”choose a color:”, font=”helvetica 12″) self.canvas_l.grid(row=9, column=1, rowspan=2, sticky=S, pady=30) I want …