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cclloyd
cclloyd

Reputation: 9235

Print set characters with string Python

In Python 3, how can I set a string to print in a set amount of characters no matter the length, like how you can do {:6.2f} for floats. Set it so that it will take 20 characters, even if there isn't 20 characters.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 613

Answers (2)

vladkens
vladkens

Reputation: 353

You can use %20s syntax:

"%20s" % "12345" # => '               12345'

For left justification use %-20s:

"%-20s" % "12345" # => '12345               '

For limitation string length use %20.20s syntax, where first number is min string length and second number is max.

"%20.20s" % ("12345" * 5) # => '12345123451234512345'

Upvotes: 0

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 799530

Exactly the same way.

>>> '{:20}'.format('1234567890')
'1234567890          '

If you need to limit the length then specify the precision as well.

>>> '{:20}'.format('123456789012345678901234567890')
'123456789012345678901234567890'
>>> '{:20.20}'.format('123456789012345678901234567890')
'12345678901234567890'

Upvotes: 1

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