How to format string width with a runtime calculated variable? [duplicate]

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How can I set 40 to be a variable let say temp which calculate on the fly and passed instead of 40 in this format string:

{:<40}.format('aa')

Radio- · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-19 05:30:44Z

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Something like this should work:

>>> width = 40
>>> '{0:<{width}}'.format('aa', width=width)
'aa                                      '

answered Feb 19, 2013 at 5:30

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