Returns a left-justified copy of +self+. If integer argument +size+ is greater than the size (in characters) of +self+, returns a new string of length +size+ that is a copy of +self+, left justified and padded on the right with +pad_string+: 'hello'.ljust(10) # => "hello " ' hello'.ljust(10) # => " hello " 'hello'.ljust(10, 'ab') # => "helloababa" 'тест'.ljust(10) # => "тест " 'こんにちは'.ljust(10) # => "こんにちは " If +size+ is not greater than the size of +self+, returns a copy of +self+: 'hello'.ljust(5) # => "hello" 'hello'.ljust(1) # => "hello"