[Tutor] printing columns

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> Hmmm... this is a little tricky, just because tab spacing can be
> potentially different on other systems; a potential solution 
> should use spaces instead to guarantee that things look 
> correct on all systems.
> def layoutColumns(columns1, columns2, spacing=8):
>     width_of_first_column = max([len(c) + spacing for c in columns1])
>     lines = []
>     for col1, col2 in zip(columns1, columns2):
>         lines.append(col1
>                      + " " * (width_of_first_column - len(col1))
>                      + col2)
>     return lines

Or use format strings:

fmt = "#define %20s\t%3d"

Or similar...

Alan G.