On 18/9/2013 12:50, Jenny Allar wrote: > I'm only a few days in to learning Python, so please bear with me. > > I need to line up the decimals on the printed information but I cannot get > the text to look uniform at all. > > > Here is my code: >
<snip> > > # Print infomation > print("The cost of the carpet is $", format(subtotal,'9,.2f')) > print("The flat fee is $", format(fee,'9,.2f')) > print("The tax is $", format(tax_rate,'9,.2f')) > print("The total due is $", format(total_due,'9,.2f')) > Have you tried lining it up in the source? # Print infomation print("The cost of the carpet is $", format(subtotal,'9,.2f')) print("The flat fee is $", format(fee,'9,.2f')) print("The tax is $", format(tax_rate,'9,.2f')) print("The total due is $", format(total_due,'9,.2f')) The format() method can handle variability in the floating point number, but it does nothing to guess what else you put on the line. Does that help? -- DaveA _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor