How do I print a list of doubles nicely in python? [duplicate]

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So far, I've got:

x=[0.0, 1.2135854798749774, 1.0069824713281044, 0.5141246736157659, -0.3396344921640888, -0.33926090064512615, 0.4877599543804152, 0.0]

print ' '.join(["%.2f" % s for s in x])

which produces:

0.00 1.21 1.01 0.51 -0.34 -0.34 0.49 0.00

the problem being that -0.34 is one character longer than 0.51, which produces ragged left edges when printing several lists.

Any better ideas?

I'd like:

0.00 1.21 1.01 0.51 -0.34 -0.34 0.49 0.00
0.00 1.21 1.01 0.51 0.34 0.34 0.49 0.00
0.00 1.21 -1.01 -0.51 -0.34 -0.34 -0.49 0.00

to turn into:

0.00 1.21  1.01  0.51 -0.34 -0.34  0.49 0.00
0.00 1.21  1.01  0.51  0.34  0.34  0.49 0.00
0.00 1.21 -1.01 -0.51 -0.34 -0.34 -0.49 0.00

and it would be even nicer if there was some built in or standard library way of doing this, since print ' '.join(["%.2f" % s for s in x]) is quite a lot to type.

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Chris Seymour · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-06 11:59:04Z

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Simply adjust the padding for positive and negative numbers accordingly:

''.join(["  %.2f" % s if s >= 0 else " %.2f" % s for s in x]).lstrip()

answered Apr 6, 2014 at 11:59

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ebarr · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-06 11:54:59Z

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Use rjust or ljust:

x=[0.0, 1.2135854798749774, 1.0069824713281044, 0.5141246736157659, -0.3396344921640888, -0.33926090064512615, 0.4877599543804152, 0.0]

print ' '.join([("%.2f"%s).ljust(5) for s in x])

answered Apr 6, 2014 at 11:54

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zhujs · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-06 12:10:20Z

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try this: print ' '.join(["%5.2f" % s for s in x]), the number 5 in the string "%5.2f" specifies the maximum field width. It is compatible to the conversion specification in C.

answered Apr 6, 2014 at 12:10

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John Lawrence Aspden · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-26 01:49:27Z

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have you tried "% .2f" (note: the space)? – J.F. Sebastian

answered Nov 26, 2014 at 1:49

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