[Tutor] Displaying data in columns

[Prasad, Ramit]

> > I would like to display some of the items in the tuples in columnar
> > format with each column lining up on the left side (below should be
> > three neat columns with location, training type, number trained and
> > date):
> 
> You need to read up on string formatting. That allows you to specify the
> length of fields, whether they are left or right justified, any leading
> pad characters etc. This is not in a module but is a standard feature of
> Python.
> 
> 
> For anything more exotic you should look to a formatting language
> like HTML.
> 
>

You have already gotten links for string interpolation. There is the
link for string formatting.
http://docs.python.org/library/string.html#format-string-syntax 

Ramit


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