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Fixed Column Width

asked 2012-10-24 16:03:00 +0100

SLOtoSF gravatar image

updated 2012-10-25 23:41:21 +0100

Jason Grout gravatar image

Say I have two lists a and b: a = [1,'boy','tree'] and b = ['mathematics','is','fun'].

How can I display this evenly spaced like below? (can someone please edit the below so that there is actually evenly spaced columns, as the editor is deleting the spacing)

1           boy     tree
mathematics is      fun
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answered 2012-10-24 20:41:50 +0100

Jason Grout gravatar image

updated 2012-10-25 23:42:28 +0100

Relevant Python doc pages are: http://docs.python.org/library/string..., http://docs.python.org/library/stdtyp...

Update: if you're in the notebook, you can also use html.table:

html.table([[1,'boy','hi'],['mathematics','is','fun']])
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answered 2012-10-24 17:41:48 +0100

achrzesz gravatar image

updated 2012-10-26 12:13:05 +0100

for _ in [a,b]: print '%-15s%-8s%-8s' % (_[0],_[1],_[2])

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This isn't helpful for me because it right aligns the third column and creates variable space.

SLOtoSF gravatar imageSLOtoSF ( 2012-10-24 20:20:27 +0100 )edit

look up the python formatting options for strings: http://docs.python.org/library/string.html

benjaminfjones gravatar imagebenjaminfjones ( 2012-10-26 02:06:58 +0100 )edit

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