On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Dick Moores <rdm at rcblue.com> wrote: > I'm lost here. That '*' > is just too magical.. Where did you guys learn about '%*s'? http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq-strings.html Item 4 - Minimum field width > Does the '%s' > still mean a string? Yes. Kent