[Tutor] high score lists

[Kent Johnson]

Chris Smith wrote:
> high = [(1000,"Denise"), (945,"Denise"), (883,"Denise"),
>                  (823,"Grant"), (779,"Aaron"), (702,"Pete"),
>                  (555,"Tom"), (443,"Tom"), (442,"Robin"), (404,"Pete")]
> 
> for score, who in high:
>     col1 = str(score).rjust(10)
>     col2 = who.rjust(20).replace(' ', '.') #replace spaces with dots
>     print col1 + col2
> ###
> --the output--
>       1000..............Denise
>        945..............Denise
>        883..............Denise
>        823...............Grant
>        779...............Aaron
>        702................Pete
>        555.................Tom
>        443.................Tom
>        442...............Robin
>        404................Pete
> --end output--

Sweet. Note that in Python 2.4 you can write
   col2 = who.rjust(20, '.')
instead of
   col2 = who.rjust(20).replace(' ', '.') #replace spaces with dots

Kent