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user1804933
user1804933

Reputation: 453

Python formatting spacing issue?

So I am having this problem with the Python formatting where the sign in front of a number is taking a space up and is misaligning all of the numbers I want to present. In addition, the positive signs are not showing up as they should be.

Here is an example of my code:

number1 = 23.12312312
number2 = -31.3131313
number3 = 63.1335

number4 = 12.323
number5 = 23.1111
number6 = 14.5555

print("{0:<15}    {1:+>3.6f}   {2:+>3.6f}".format(number1, number2, number3))
print("{0:<15}    {1:+>3.6f}   {2:+>3.6f}".format(number4, number5, number6))
print("{0:<15}    {1:+>3.6f}   {2:+>3.6f}".format(number1, number2, number3))

Output:

23.12312312        -31.313131   63.133500
12.323             23.111100   14.555500
23.12312312        -31.313131   63.133500

Is there any way to fix this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 164

Answers (1)

Tim Peters
Tim Peters

Reputation: 70582

Let's just pick on one number. Study these until the light dawns ;-)

>>> x = 23.12312312
>>> print "{:3.6f}".format(x)
23.123123
>>> print "{:10.6f}".format(x)
 23.123123
>>> print "{:11.6f}".format(x)
  23.123123
>>> print "{:+11.6f}".format(x)
 +23.123123

The number before the . is the total width of the output field, not the number of digits before the decimal point. Your 3 is way too small.

And there's usually no need for > - most things right-justify by default. If you have to use it, put the + after >, not before >. Good enough?

Upvotes: 4

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