On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This script of mine, < http://py77.python.pastebin.com/f2fdcb99c>, has a > function that prints the result--the difference in days, and weeks and days, > between two dates. > > The function is > > def printResult(date1, date2, days1, weeks, days2): > print "\nThe difference between %s and %s is %d days" % > (date1.strftime("%m/%d/%Y"), > date2.strftime("%m/%d/%Y"), days1) > print 37 * " ", > print "Or %d weeks and %d days" % (weeks, days2) > print ((len(str(weeks)) + len(str(days2))) + 57) * "=" > > An example output is: > > The difference between 05/06/2008 and 11/04/2008 is 182 days > Or 26 weeks and 0 days > ============================================================ > > Nicely right-justified, but that's not always the case: > > The difference between 07/04/1776 and 09/11/2001 is 82248 days > Or 11749 weeks and 5 days > =============================================================== > > Isn't there an easier way, something built into Python, that would do the job? > You can right-justify in a format operation. You will have to do it in two steps since the string you want to right-justify is itself the result of a format operation: line2 = "Or %d weeks and %d days" % (weeks, days2) print '%50s' % line2 Instead of 50 you probably want to use the length of the previous line. You can insert this into the format using * for the length: print %*s' % (len(line1), line2) Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
