html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3868#issuecomment-601411557,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3868,601411557,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYwMTQxMTU1Nw==,6815844,2020-03-19T20:53:30Z,2020-03-19T20:53:30Z,MEMBER,"How about passing an Index instead of just a simple integer to the pad method?
```python 
In [4]: da = xr.DataArray([0.5, 1.5, 2.5], dims=['x'], coords={'x': [0, 1, 2]}) 

In [5]: da                                                                      
Out[5]: 
<xarray.DataArray (x: 3)>
array([0.5, 1.5, 2.5])
Coordinates:
  * x        (x) int64 0 1 2

In [8]: da.pad(x=([-1, -2], 0))                                                 
Out[8]: 
<xarray.DataArray (x: 5)>
array([nan, nan, 0.5, 1.5, 2.5])
Coordinates:
  * x        (x) int64 -1 -2 0 1 2
```","{""total_count"": 1, ""+1"": 1, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,584461380