>> How do i pretty print output of dictionary container? Sort of tabular
>> form or something, e.g.,
>>
>> 1. name1 email address1
>> 2. name2 email address2
>>
>> Just for my learning experience :-). Thanks!
[Liam Clarke]
highLength=0
for element in myDict.keys():
if len(element) > highLength:
highLength = len(element)
index = 0
minimumSpaces= 5
for (key, item) in myDict.items():
index += 1
spaceMult=(highLength+minimumSpaces)-len(key)
outString=str(index)+". "+key+(spaceMult * " ") + item
print outString
[/Liam Clarke]
This is what I had come up with. Where 'd' is a dictionary. This also assumes
that when the display_name is input, that it is less than 25 characters in
length.
####
def display_contacts(d):
print '\nYou have %i contacts in your book.\n' % len(d)
while 1:
count = 0
for item in d:
display_name = item
while len(display_name) < 25:
display_name += '.'
count += 1
print count, display_name, d[item]
raw_input('\nPress <Return> to continue.\n')
break
####
>>> x = {'Justin Straube': '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
'Eri Mendz': '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
'Python-Tutor': '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
'Hello': 'World'}
>>> display_contacts(x)
You have 4 contacts in your book.
1 Justin Straube........... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2 Hello.................... World
3 Eri Mendz................ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
4 Python-Tutor............. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Press <Return> to continue.
>>>
regards,
Justin
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