Can string format operator help me?

[Srihari Vijayaraghavan]

Hello Martin and Skip,

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> You should use '%6d' for that.
> 
> Regards,
> Martin

Skip Montanaro wrote:
> How about:
> 
>>>> i = 1
>>>> while i <= 1000000:
> ...   print "%7d" % i
> ...   i *= 10
> ...
>       1
>      10
>     100
>    1000
>   10000
>  100000
> 1000000
> 

Thanks for your help. Now I understand the idea.

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