On Dec 2, 4:41 pm, "John Posner" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Goal: place integer 456 flush-right in a field of width 8
>
> Py2: "%%%dd" % 8 % 456
> Py3: "{0:{1}d}".format(456, 8)
>
> With str.format(), you don't need to nest one formatting operation within
> another. A little less mind-bending, and every little bit helps!
Or even "{:{}d}".format(456, 8), in 3.1 and 2.7 (when it appears).
But you can do this with % formatting, too. In either 2.x or 3.x:
>>> "%*d" % (8, 456)
' 456'
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