On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 19:00:42 +0000, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com>
wrote:
>On 2015-11-15 17:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> Just screwing around making up practice problems. I can't get the
>> format right. I am trying to learn how to get a output line to line
>> up neatly.
>>
>> import random
>> lo=1
>> hi=10000 # I am adding or subtracting 0s from this input number
>> fm=len(str(hi)) # This counts the digits of the input number
>> print fm
>> a=random.randrange(lo,hi+1)
>> count=0
>> guess=0
>>
>> while guess != a:
>> guess=random.randrange(lo,hi + 1)
>> print "guess =",
>>
>> print "{:8d}".format(guess), #what I would like to do is use
>> the variable fm instead of the number 8 here so the number of fields
>> are the same as the input number.
>>
>> count+=1
>> if guess==a:
>> print " The hidden number was",a
>> print
>> print "You guessed right in ",
>> if guess >a:
>> print " Guess Lower"
>> hi=guess
>> if guess < a:
>> lo=guess
>> print " Guess Higher"
>> print count
>> print " turns"
>>
>The part of the format placeholder that specifies the width can also be
>placeholder, like this:
>
> print "{:{}d}".format(guess, fm)
That works
Thanks
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