Flask Python, Why Text Formatting Doesn't Work

Question

row1 = ["Date: "  + date,  "Price:"     + price]
row2 = ["Name: "  + name,  "Quantity: " + quantity]
row3 = ["Title: " + title, "Owned: "    + owned]
row4 = ["Type: "  + type,  "Value: "    + value]

output_text = output_text + "\n" + \
              ('{:30s} {:20s}'.format(row1[0], row1[1])) + "\n" + \
              ('{:30s} {:20s}'.format(row2[0], row2[1])) + "\n" + \
              ('{:30s} {:20s}'.format(row3[0], row3[1])) + "\n" + \
              ('{:30s} {:20s}'.format(row4[0], row4[1])) + "\n"

print(output_text)

So, printing it to the console shows that the formatting is good, but when seeing it on the localhost website, the formatting seems to have no effect.
What's the best way to align two columns of text and have it stick on the Flask page?

Thanks

You can wrap it between <pre> and </pre> tags but it is better to spit out proper HTML instead and use a <table> for tabular data. — Selcuk
– Selcuk, Commented Mar 21, 2019 at 0:41
Browser will merge multiple consecutive blank spaces, you have to use <pre> tag as @Selcuk said or use css for doing so, see: stackoverflow.com/questions/8994516/… — geckos
– geckos, Commented Mar 21, 2019 at 0:52

Blastfurnace · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-21 11:57:17Z

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<pre> </pre> tags solved this formatting issue.

edited Mar 21, 2019 at 11:57

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answered Mar 21, 2019 at 11:35

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