[Tutor] Making table

[Carroll, Barry]

> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:53:06 -0400
> From: Kent Johnson <kent37 at tds.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Making table
> To: tutor at python.org
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> Dave Kuhlman wrote:
> > Try ljust and rjust.  They are string functions/methods and are
> > described here: http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html
> >
> > Something like the following might work for you:
> >
> >     In [1]: value = 3.45678
> >     In [2]: ("%0.3f" % value).rjust(10)
> >     Out[2]: '     3.457'
> 
> Most string formatting conversions allow you to specify a width
> directly. For example,
> In [61]: value = 3.45678
> In [63]: "%10.3f" % value
> Out[63]: '     3.457'
> 
> Kent
> 
What if one wished to align the values in each column at the decimal
point?  Is there a simple means to do this in Python, or would one need
to write a new function?

Regards,
 
Barry
barry.carroll at psc.com
541-302-1107
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