Carroll, Barry wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:53:06 -0400 >> From: Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Most string formatting conversions allow you to specify a width >> directly. For example, >> In [61]: value = 3.45678 >> In [63]: "%10.3f" % value >> Out[63]: ' 3.457' >> >> Kent >> > What if one wished to align the values in each column at the decimal > point? Is there a simple means to do this in Python, or would one need > to write a new function? If you specify the number of digits after the decimal point, that number of digits will always be given, so columns will line up: In [86]: '%10.3f' % 1.2 Out[86]: ' 1.200' In [87]: '%10.3f' % 1.23456 Out[87]: ' 1.235' If you want something fancier I think you will have to do it yourself. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
