On 2011-11-10 21:54, Cranky Frankie wrote:
What is the easiest way in Python 3.x to write output positionally?
For example I have one literal I want in column 1, the next one in
column 40, the third one in column 50. I've tried usings tabs and I'm
not getting what I want. Is it something to do with C style printf
formatting? An example would be greatly appreciated.
Two ideas:
1) Using string formatting:
>>> print("x{0}x{1}x".format(" " * 38, " " * 9))
2) Using a helper list (assuming screen width = 80):
>>> line = [" "] * 80
>>> line[0] = "x"
>>> line[39] = "x"
>>> line[49] = "x"
>>> print("".join(line))
Bye, Andreas
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