Question: How do I format printing in python

[joemacbusiness@yahoo.com]

Hi All,

How do I format printed data in python?
I could not find this in the Python Reference Manual:

http://docs.python.org/ref/print.html

Nor could I find it in Matloff's great tutorial:

http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/Python/PythonIntro.pdf

For example, how do I turn this:

512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat

into this:

512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat

Thank you

[Saul Spatz]

Re: Question: How do I format printing in python

format the strings:

http://www.python.org/doc/2.1.3/lib/typesseq-strings.html

joemacbusiness@ yahoo.com wrote:

Hi All,
>
How do I format printed data in python?
I could not find this in the Python Reference Manual:

http://docs.python.org/ref/print.html

Nor could I find it in Matloff's great tutorial:

http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/Python/PythonIntro.pdf

>
>
For example, how do I turn this:
>
512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
>
into this:
>
512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
>
Thank you

[Mensanator]

Re: Question: How do I format printing in python

On Jun 23, 12:12 pm, joemacbusin...@ yahoo.com wrote:

Hi All,
>
How do I format printed data in python?
I could not find this in the Python Reference Manual:http://docs.python.org/ref/print.html
Nor could I find it in Matloff's great tutorial:http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matlo...ythonIntro.pdf
>
For example, how do I turn this:
>
512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
>
into this:
>
512        Jun   5   2004    X11r6
22         Jan   17  2005    a2p
22         Jan   17  2005    acctcom
5374       Sep   15  2002    acledit
5664       May   13  2004    aclget
12020      May   13  2004    aclput
115734     Jun   2   2004    adb
46518      Jun   4   2004    admin
66750      Sep   16  2002    ali
1453       Sep   15  2002    alias
28150      Jun   4   2004    alog
15         May   12  2005    alstat
>
Thank you

You could do this:

data = ['512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6 ', \
'22 Jan 17 2005 a2p', \
'22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom ', \
'5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit ', \
'5664 May 13 2004 aclget ', \
'12020 May 13 2004 aclput ', \
'115734 Jun 2 2004 adb ', \
'46518 Jun 4 2004 admin ', \
'66750 Sep 16 2002 ali ', \
'1453 Sep 15 2002 alias ', \
'28150 Jun 4 2004 alog ', \
'15 May 12 2005 alstat ']

for i in data:
d = i.split()
print d[0].ljust(9),
print d[1].ljust(6),
print d[2].ljust(4),
print d[3].ljust(7),
print d[4].ljust(9)


which gives you

512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat


or perhaps this:

for i in data:
d = i.split()
print d[0].rjust(9),
print d[1].ljust(6),
print d[2].zfill(2).ljust (4),
print d[3].ljust(7),
print d[4].ljust(9)

which gives this (if you want the digits in the numbers to
line up):

512 Jun 05 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 02 2004 adb
46518 Jun 04 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 04 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat

[Mensanator]

Re: Question: How do I format printing in python

On Jun 23, 12:47 pm, Mensanator <mensana...@aol .comwrote:

On Jun 23, 12:12 pm, joemacbusin...@ yahoo.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>

Hi All,

>

How do I format printed data in python?
I could not find this in the Python Reference Manual:http://docs.python..org/ref/print.html
Nor could I find it in Matloff's great tutorial:http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matlo...ythonIntro.pdf

>

For example, how do I turn this:

>

512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat

>

into this:

>

512        Jun   5   2004    X11r6
22         Jan   17  2005    a2p
22         Jan   17  2005    acctcom
5374       Sep   15  2002    acledit
5664       May   13  2004    aclget
12020      May   13  2004    aclput
115734     Jun   2   2004    adb
46518      Jun   4   2004    admin
66750      Sep   16  2002    ali
1453       Sep   15  2002    alias
28150      Jun   4   2004    alog
15         May   12  2005    alstat

>

Thank you

>
You could do this:
>
data = ['512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6 ', \
'22 Jan 17 2005 a2p', \
'22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom ', \
'5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit ', \
'5664 May 13 2004 aclget ', \
'12020 May 13 2004 aclput ', \
'115734 Jun 2 2004 adb ', \
'46518 Jun 4 2004 admin ', \
'66750 Sep 16 2002 ali ', \
'1453 Sep 15 2002 alias ', \
'28150 Jun 4 2004 alog ', \
'15 May 12 2005 alstat ']
>
for i in data:
  d = i.split()
  print d[0].ljust(9),
  print d[1].ljust(6),
  print d[2].ljust(4),
  print d[3].ljust(7),
  print d[4].ljust(9)
>
which gives you
>
512       Jun    5    2004    X11r6
22        Jan    17   2005    a2p
22        Jan    17   2005    acctcom
5374      Sep    15   2002    acledit
5664      May    13   2004    aclget
12020     May    13   2004    aclput
115734    Jun    2    2004    adb
46518     Jun    4    2004    admin
66750     Sep    16   2002    ali
1453      Sep    15   2002    alias
28150     Jun    4    2004    alog
15        May    12   2005    alstat
>
or perhaps this:
>
for i in data:
  d = i.split()
  print d[0].rjust(9),
  print d[1].ljust(6),
  print d[2].zfill(2).ljust (4),
  print d[3].ljust(7),
  print d[4].ljust(9)
>
which gives this (if you want the digits in the numbers to
line up):
>
      512 Jun    05   2004    X11r6
       22 Jan    17   2005    a2p
       22 Jan    17   2005    acctcom
     5374 Sep    15   2002    acledit
     5664 May    13   2004    aclget
    12020 May    13   2004    aclput
   115734 Jun    02   2004    adb
    46518 Jun    04   2004    admin
    66750 Sep    16   2002    ali
     1453 Sep    15   2002    alias
    28150 Jun    04   2004    alog
       15 May    12   2005    alstat

In retrospect, that looks kind of clunky. If it was for my
use, I'd do

for i in data:
d = i.split()
print d[0].rjust(9),
print d[1].rjust(6),
print d[2].zfill(2),
print d[3].ljust(7),
print d[4].ljust(9)

which looks like:

512 Jun 05 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 02 2004 adb
46518 Jun 04 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 04 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat

[Mark Tolonen]

Re: Question: How do I format printing in python


<joemacbusiness @yahoo.comwrote in message
news:c6e1cfa9-207a-461b-babe-2a14cdd1b25a@y2 1g2000hsf.googl egroups.com...

Hi All,
>
How do I format printed data in python?
I could not find this in the Python Reference Manual:

http://docs.python.org/ref/print.html

Nor could I find it in Matloff's great tutorial:

http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/Python/PythonIntro.pdf

>
>
For example, how do I turn this:
>
512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
>
into this:
>
512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
>
Thank you

data = '''\
512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
'''.split('\n')

for line in data:
elements = line.split()
print '%-11s%-6s%-4s%-8s%s' % tuple(elements)

-Mark

[Larry Bates]

Re: Question: How do I format printing in python

joemacbusiness@ yahoo.com wrote:

Hi All,
>
How do I format printed data in python?
I could not find this in the Python Reference Manual:

http://docs.python.org/ref/print.html

Nor could I find it in Matloff's great tutorial:

http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/Python/PythonIntro.pdf

>
>
For example, how do I turn this:
>
512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
>
into this:
>
512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
>
Thank you

data = '''512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
'''

for entry in data.rstrip().s plit('\n'):
items = entry.split(' ')
print "%-6s %3s %2s %4s %-7s" % tuple(items)

[Maric Michaud]

Re: Question: How do I format printing in python

Le Tuesday 24 June 2008 05:33:01 Larry Bates, vous avez écrit :

joemacbusiness@ yahoo.com wrote:

...

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data = '''512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
'''
>
for entry in data.rstrip().s plit('\n'):
items = entry.split(' ')
print "%-6s %3s %2s %4s %-7s" % tuple(items)

In python, str objects have a splitlines method for portability it is better,
a shorthand for split(os.sep).


--
_____________

Maric Michaud

[Lie]

Re: Question: How do I format printing in python

On Jun 24, 12:12 am, joemacbusin...@ yahoo.com wrote:

Hi All,
>
How do I format printed data in python?
I could not find this in the Python Reference Manual:http://docs.python.org/ref/print.html
Nor could I find it in Matloff's great tutorial:http://heather.cs.ucdavis..edu/~matl...ythonIntro.pdf
>
For example, how do I turn this:
>
512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
5664 May 13 2004 aclget
12020 May 13 2004 aclput
115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
15 May 12 2005 alstat
>
into this:
>
512        Jun   5   2004    X11r6
22         Jan   17  2005    a2p
22         Jan   17  2005    acctcom
5374       Sep   15  2002    acledit
5664       May   13  2004    aclget
12020      May   13  2004    aclput
115734     Jun   2   2004    adb
46518      Jun   4   2004    admin
66750      Sep   16  2002    ali
1453       Sep   15  2002    alias
28150      Jun   4   2004    alog
15         May   12  2005    alstat
>
Thank you

There is string formatting

print formatspecifier _string % data_sequence
The format specifier is similar to the one used in C's printf, and
data sequence may be tuple or list. Dictionary may also be used for
data, but it has its own way to specify string formatting since
dictionary is unordered but "indexed" by the dict key.

[Donald 'Paddy' McCarthy]

Re: Question: How do I format printing in python

Lie wrote:

On Jun 24, 12:12 am, joemacbusin...@ yahoo.com wrote:

>Hi All,
>>
>How do I format printed data in python?
>I could not find this in the Python Reference Manual:http://docs.python.org/ref/print.html
>Nor could I find it in Matloff's great tutorial:http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matlo...ythonIntro.pdf
>>
>For example, how do I turn this:
>>
>512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
>22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
>22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
>5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
>5664 May 13 2004 aclget
>12020 May 13 2004 aclput
>115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
>46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
>66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
>1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
>28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
>15 May 12 2005 alstat
>>
>into this:
>>
>512 Jun 5 2004 X11r6
>22 Jan 17 2005 a2p
>22 Jan 17 2005 acctcom
>5374 Sep 15 2002 acledit
>5664 May 13 2004 aclget
>12020 May 13 2004 aclput
>115734 Jun 2 2004 adb
>46518 Jun 4 2004 admin
>66750 Sep 16 2002 ali
>1453 Sep 15 2002 alias
>28150 Jun 4 2004 alog
>15 May 12 2005 alstat
>>
>Thank you

>
There is string formatting
>
print formatspecifier _string % data_sequence
The format specifier is similar to the one used in C's printf, and
data sequence may be tuple or list. Dictionary may also be used for
data, but it has its own way to specify string formatting since
dictionary is unordered but "indexed" by the dict key.

I have attached a prog I wrote to answer someones elses similar problem.

- Paddy.



from StringIO import StringIO
from pprint import pprint as pp
left_justified = False
debug = False

textinfile = '''I$created$a$ solution$for$a$ program$I$am$wr iting$that
makes$columns$l ine$up$when$out putted$to$the$c ommand
line.$I$am$new$ to$Python,$and$ am$hoping$I$mig ht$get
some$input$on$t his$topic.$In$t he$text$file$th at$the
program$reads,$ the$fields$(col umns)$are$delim ited$by
'dollar'$and$th e$records$(line s)$are$delimite d$by
newlines$'\\n'. $So$one$line$lo oks$like:$'''

"""

Solution to problem posed at:

http://www.kbrandt.com/2008/06/getting-command-line-output-columns-to.html

Output is the following if left-justified:

# Column-aligned output:
I created a solution for a program I am writing that
makes columns line up when outputted to the command
line. I am new to Python, and am hoping I might get
some input on this topic. In the text file that the
program reads, the fields (columns) are delimited by
'dollar' and the records (lines) are delimited by
newlines '\n'. So one line looks like:

And like this if not left-justified:

# Column-aligned output:
I created a solution for a program I am writing that
makes columns line up when outputted to the command
line. I am new to Python, and am hoping I might get
some input on this topic. In the text file that the
program reads, the fields (columns) are delimited by
'dollar' and the records (lines) are delimited by
newlines '\n'. So one line looks like:

"""

infile = StringIO(textin file)

fieldsbyrecord= [line.strip().sp lit('$') for line in infile]
if debug: print "fieldsbyrecord :"; print (fieldsbyrecord )
# pad to same number of fields per record
maxfields = max(len(record) for record in fieldsbyrecord)
fieldsbyrecord = [fields + ['']*(maxfields - len(fields))
for fields in fieldsbyrecord]
if debug: print "padded fieldsbyrecord: "; print (fieldsbyrecord )
# rotate
fieldsbycolumn = zip(*fieldsbyre cord)
if debug: print "fieldsbycolumn :"; print (fieldsbycolumn )
# calculate max fieldwidth per column
colwidths = [max(len(field) for field in column)
for column in fieldsbycolumn]
if debug: print "colwidths: "; print (colwidths)
# pad fields in columns to colwidth with spaces
# (Use -width for left justification,)
fieldsbycolumn = [ ["%*s" % (-width if left_justified else width, field) for field in column]
for width, column in zip(colwidths, fieldsbycolumn) ]
if debug: print "padded fieldsbycolumn: "; print (fieldsbycolumn )
# rotate again
fieldsbyrecord = zip(*fieldsbyco lumn)
if debug: print "padded rows and fields, fieldsbyrecord: "; print (fieldsbyrecord )
# printit
print "\n# Column-aligned output:"
for record in fieldsbyrecord:
print " ".join(reco rd)