Question: How do I format printing in python

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On Jun 23, 12:12 pm, joemacbusin... at yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> How do I format printed data in python?
> I could not find this in the Python Reference Manual:http://docs.python.org/ref/print.html
> Nor could I find it in Matloff's great tutorial:http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/Python/PythonIntro.pdf
>
> For example, how do I turn this:
>
> 512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
> 22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
> 22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
> 5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
> 5664 May 13 2004 aclget
> 12020 May 13 2004 aclput
> 115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
> 46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
> 66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
> 1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
> 28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
> 15 May 12 2005 alstat
>
> into this:
>
> 512        Jun   5   2004    X11r6
> 22         Jan   17  2005    a2p
> 22         Jan   17  2005    acctcom
> 5374       Sep   15  2002    acledit
> 5664       May   13  2004    aclget
> 12020      May   13  2004    aclput
> 115734     Jun   2   2004    adb
> 46518      Jun   4   2004    admin
> 66750      Sep   16  2002    ali
> 1453       Sep   15  2002    alias
> 28150      Jun   4   2004    alog
> 15         May   12  2005    alstat
>
> Thank you


You could do this:

data = ['512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6 ', \
'22 Jan 17 2005 a2p', \
'22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom ', \
'5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit ', \
'5664 May 13 2004 aclget ', \
'12020 May 13 2004 aclput ', \
'115734 Jun 2 2004 adb ', \
'46518 Jun 4 2004 admin ', \
'66750 Sep 16 2002 ali ', \
'1453 Sep 15 2002 alias ', \
'28150 Jun 4 2004 alog ', \
'15 May 12 2005 alstat ']

for i in data:
  d = i.split()
  print d[0].ljust(9),
  print d[1].ljust(6),
  print d[2].ljust(4),
  print d[3].ljust(7),
  print d[4].ljust(9)


which gives you

512       Jun    5    2004    X11r6
22        Jan    17   2005    a2p
22        Jan    17   2005    acctcom
5374      Sep    15   2002    acledit
5664      May    13   2004    aclget
12020     May    13   2004    aclput
115734    Jun    2    2004    adb
46518     Jun    4    2004    admin
66750     Sep    16   2002    ali
1453      Sep    15   2002    alias
28150     Jun    4    2004    alog
15        May    12   2005    alstat


or perhaps this:

for i in data:
  d = i.split()
  print d[0].rjust(9),
  print d[1].ljust(6),
  print d[2].zfill(2).ljust(4),
  print d[3].ljust(7),
  print d[4].ljust(9)

which gives this (if you want the digits in the numbers to
line up):

      512 Jun    05   2004    X11r6
       22 Jan    17   2005    a2p
       22 Jan    17   2005    acctcom
     5374 Sep    15   2002    acledit
     5664 May    13   2004    aclget
    12020 May    13   2004    aclput
   115734 Jun    02   2004    adb
    46518 Jun    04   2004    admin
    66750 Sep    16   2002    ali
     1453 Sep    15   2002    alias
    28150 Jun    04   2004    alog
       15 May    12   2005    alstat