Formatting string with padding

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I am trying to replicate this string:

This is what my attempt looks like, as you can see the values are not aligned correctly. I know I need to use some type of padding but everything I've done has failed.

Here is my code:

individual_text = '''
Highest Individual Question Scores
        •       Leaders
                •       {}{:.2f}
                •       {}{:.2f}
                •       {}{:.2f}
        •       Colleagues
                •       {}{:.2f}
                •       {}{:.2f}
                •       {}{:.2f}
Lowest Individual Question Scores
        •       Leaders
                •       {}{:.2f}
                •       {}{:.2f}
                •       {}{:.2f}
        •       Colleagues
                •       {}{:.2f}
                •       {}{:.2f}
                •       {}{:.2f}
'''.format(top_3_leader.index[0], top_3_leader.values[0],
           top_3_leader.index[1], top_3_leader.values[1],
           top_3_leader.index[2], top_3_leader.values[2],
           top_3_colleague.index[0], top_3_colleague.values[0],
           top_3_colleague.index[1], top_3_colleague.values[1], 
           top_3_colleague.index[2], top_3_colleague.values[2],
           bottom_3_leader.index[0], bottom_3_leader.values[0],
           bottom_3_leader.index[1], bottom_3_leader.values[1],
           bottom_3_leader.index[2], bottom_3_leader.values[2],
           bottom_3_colleague.index[0], bottom_3_colleague.values[0],
           bottom_3_colleague.index[1], bottom_3_colleague.values[1],
           bottom_3_colleague.index[2], bottom_3_colleague.values[2]
          )

How do I format my text to look like the 1st image?

Maybe Texttable with no decorations? pypi.org/project/texttable — NPE
– NPE, Commented Apr 5, 2019 at 18:41

Daweo · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-05 19:44:56Z

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I think this is task for ljust method of str, consider following example:

x = [('text',1.14),('another text',7.96),('yet another text',9.53)]
for i in x:
    print(i[0].ljust(25)+"{:.2f}".format(i[1]))

Output:

text                     1.14
another text             7.96
yet another text         9.53

There also exist rjust adding space at beginning rather than end.

answered Apr 5, 2019 at 19:44

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sanyassh · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-05 19:59:50Z

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You just need to specify one constant length for first element in each row:

individual_text = '''
                •       {:40}{:.2f}
                •       {:40}{:.2f}
'''.format('some_text', 3.86,
           'text_with_another_length', 3.85,
          )
print(individual_text)

# output:
#               •       some_text                               3.86
#               •       text_with_another_length                3.85

You can calculate this length in some way like this:

import itertools

minimum_spaces = 3
length = minimum_spaces + max(len(item) for item in itertools.chain(
    top_3_leader.index, top_3_colleague, bottom_3_leader, bottom_3_colleague
))

answered Apr 5, 2019 at 19:59

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