Formatted output in python 2

[bdowen]

Does python have the capabilities to format output much like C or Perl??

I am still learning Python and have not come across it yet in my reading.

Any pointers about where to read more, if it is on the python website can you point me to where to look on the site.

 

[JustinEzequiel]

see

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/typesseq-strings.html

 

[bdowen]

Thanks for the info, it helps a lot.

One additional question: is there a way to print off, for example, 35 spaces without mannually typing in 35 spaces in the print statement?

 

[JustinEzequiel]

print ' '*35 + 'preceded by 35 spaces'

 

[JustinEzequiel]

alternatively, see

>>> formatstr = '%15s   %10.2f   %s'
>>> vals = [('a', 100/6.0, 'abcdef'), ('bc', 100/3.0, 'abcd'), ('def', 100/1.0, 'ab')]
>>> for t in vals:
... 	print formatstr % t
... 
              a        16.67   abcdef
             bc        33.33   abcd
            def       100.00   ab
>>>

 

[sebsauvage]

You may also have be interested in the Pretty-printer module.

http://python.org/doc/current/lib/module-pprint.html