Format output string, right alignment

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00:00 Format Output String, Right Alignment
00:41 Accepted Answer Score 328
01:02 Answer 2 Score 69
01:12 Answer 3 Score 81
01:46 Answer 4 Score 40
02:00 Thank you

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#python #alignment #stringformatting

#avk47

ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 328

Try this approach using the newer str.format syntax:

line_new = '{:>12}  {:>12}  {:>12}'.format(word[0], word[1], word[2])

And here's how to do it using the old % syntax (useful for older versions of Python that don't support str.format):

line_new = '%12s  %12s  %12s' % (word[0], word[1], word[2])

ANSWER 2

Score 81

You can align it like that:

print('{:>8} {:>8} {:>8}'.format(*words))

where > means "align to right" and 8 is the width for specific value.

And here is a proof:

>>> for line in [[1, 128, 1298039], [123388, 0, 2]]:
    print('{:>8} {:>8} {:>8}'.format(*line))


       1      128  1298039
  123388        0        2

Ps. *line means the line list will be unpacked, so .format(*line) works similarly to .format(line[0], line[1], line[2]) (assuming line is a list with only three elements).

ANSWER 3

Score 69

It can be achieved by using rjust:

line_new = word[0].rjust(10) + word[1].rjust(10) + word[2].rjust(10)

ANSWER 4

Score 40

I really enjoy a new literal string interpolation in Python 3.6+:

line_new = f'{word[0]:>12}  {word[1]:>12}  {word[2]:>12}'

Reference: PEP 498 -- Literal String Interpolation