In <1173984339.188538.200880 at l75g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, dmitrey wrote: > how can I implement this one in the simpliest way? > Thank you in advance, In [45]: '%10d' % 1 Out[45]: ' 1' In [46]: '%10d' % 42 Out[46]: ' 42' In [47]: '%10d' % 10000 Out[47]: ' 10000' Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch