[Tutor] formatting sql output

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 3 May 1999, Ivan Van Laningham wrote:
> 
> > > def fieldformat15(field):
> > >         return '%-15s' % field
> >
> > The format specification is incorrect.  You should use "%15.15s" or
> > "%-15.15s" to force left justification, in addition to padding/clipping.
> 
> Is there a reason not to use return string.ljust(field, 15) ?
>

None whatsoever.  Use what is convenient or what pleases you, as long as
it does the job.

Ivan
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