print with variable justification (with *)

[John Machin]

tom wrote:
> John Machin wrote:

> > Not quite so many folks come to Python with a background in C these
> > days. Is anyone aware of a tutorial that covers % formatting from a
> > standing start?
> If you're on a unix system you can probably do `man fprintf`, but it
> will mean wading through a lot of stuff you're no interested in.  This
> has a good little section on it though, specifically for python
>
> http://rgruet.free.fr/PQR24/PQR2.4.html
>

Well done, tom, you've redeemed yourself! Those formatting examples are
just the ticket. I used that quick reference years ago when I started
out with Python, but I wasn't aware that it was still maintained, and
an advertisement for CSS as well. Bonus!

Cheers,
John