[Tutor] Re: building strings of specific length

[jfouhy at paradise.net.nz]

Quoting Andrei <project5 at redrival.net>:

> You could do (I'll use 20 instead of 72 to keep it readable):
> 
> >>> s = "%20s" % "xyz"
> >>> len(s), s
> (20, ' xyz')
> 
> or:
> 
> >>> s = "xyz"
> >>> s = s + (20 - len(s)) * ' '
> >>> s, len(s)
> ('xyz ', 20)

Just a comment ---

You can do the second example using string formatting as well:

>>> s = '%-20s' % 'xyz'
>>> s, len(s)
('xyz                 ', 20)

-- 
John.