[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. I have never used google groups > before
Actually, comp.lang.python is a usenet newsgroup, not a google group. Google only gives you a web fronted (and archives...) for that group. I personnaly access it with my MUA. > and am so impressed with how helpful you all are. It is also lovely > that > none of you mock my little knowledge of Python but just want to > improve it. Well... Why should we mock ? We've all been beginners, and we're still all beginners in a domain or another. But welcome to c.l.py and thanks for appreciating this group anyway !-) > I have another question in relation to the izip_longest function (I > persume > this should be within the same topic). > Using this funciton, is there a way to manipulate it so that the > columns can be formated > tabular i.e. perhaps using something such as str(list).rjust(15) > because currently the columns > overlap depending on the strings lengths within each column/list of > lists. i.e. my output is > currently like: > > bo, daf, da > pres, ppar, xppc > magnjklep, *, dsa > *, *, nbi > > But I want it justified, i.e: > > bo , daf, da > pres , ppar, xppc > magnjklep, *, dsa > * , *, nbi > > I am struggling to understand how the izip_longest function works What's bothering you ?-) Sorry, just joking. This code uses some 'advanced' stuffs like closures, HOFs and generators/iterators, so it's obviously not that simple to grok - FWIW, I myself had to read it at least thrice to understand it. > and thus don't really know how it could be manipulated to do the > above. FWIW, you don't have - and IMHO should not try - to do this within izip_longest, which is a generic function. > It would be much apprecited if somoene could also explain how > izip_function > works as I don't like adding code into my programs which I struggle to > understand. > Or perhaps I have to pad out the lists when storing the Strings? I'd personnaly do the formatting just before printing. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list