On 2019-10-18 18:03, Jagga Soorma wrote:
Hello,
I am new to python and trying to write a script that outputs some data
about users. I was able to write it and dump the data but can't seem
to align the output in column 2 correctly. Here is what I am trying
to do:
--
output:
user1 data1
username2 data2
user3 data3
snip from script:
print(str(temp_list[0]) + "\t\t" + str(temp_list[1]))
--
Adding the tabs does not seem to work and I am sure there is a better
way to do this. Any help would be appreciated.
A tab advances the output position to the next tab stop, but there's no
universal standard for where those tab stops are, although they're
commonly at every 8 characters, assuming a monospaced (fixed-width) font.
In your example, if the tabs are at every 8 characters then you'll get:
| | <= The tab positions
user1 data1
username2 data2
user3 data3
"username2" has already passed the first tab, so it advances to the
second tab, causing the misalignment.
The simplest solution, if you're using a monospaced font, is to use
spaces instead. Find the width of the first column (the longest entry in
the first column is 9 characters) and then pad all of the first entries
with spaces to that width (use string formatting or the .just method)
when outputting each line.
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