[Tutor] Formatted writing to a file
Alan G
alan.gauld at freenet.co.uk
Fri May 27 23:58:37 CEST 2005
> 1. how can I format outfile so i can write multiple lines
> and then apend multiple lines later before closing the file?
I think you mean add a new column to the existing lines?
try something like
line = line + '%25s' % newdata
> 2. how can I make data formatting string '%25s' intiger (in this
case 25) a variable?
Just create the string outsoide the formatting line:
fmtString = '%%ds' % width
s = fmtString % data
HTH,
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web tutor
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