On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:54 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
>
> py> from __future__ import division
> py> from math import ceil
> py> "%*s" % (int(ceil(len(mystring)/8)*8), mystring)
> ' 123412341234'
>
>
> Or left-justified:
>
> py> "%-*s" % (int(ceil(len(mystring)/8)*8), mystring)
> '123412341234 '
Or use floor division with -n:
>>> lenstep = lambda s, n: -n * (len(s) // -n)
>>> mystring = '123412341234'
>>> "{1:<{0}s}".format(lenstep(mystring, 8), mystring)
'123412341234 '
>>> "{1:>{0}s}".format(lenstep(mystring, 8), mystring)
' 123412341234'
>>> "{1:^{0}s}".format(lenstep(mystring, 8), mystring)
' 123412341234 '
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