How to align lines of string/characters in python

Question

A simplified version of my problem is as follows. The current code/output I have is problematic.

Code:

file.write("AAAA" + "\n")
file.write(num + " BBBBB") #num is a random number

Current output:

AAAAA
20 BBBBB

I would like to align the A's and B's so that it looks like this:

   AAAAA
20 BBBBB

Specifically though, I need the output to work for any number. I.e, "2000BBBB" etc.

Making it work for the example I have given is easy enough, I could just add spacing. The problem here is writing code that will essentially predict where the second line's B's will be located.

I hope that makes sense, thank you.

Maybe something like len(num) * " " i.e. len(num) * space

kaktus_car
– kaktus_car

2020-05-06 18:50:10 +00:00
Commented May 6, 2020 at 18:50 — kaktus_car
– kaktus_car, Commented May 6, 2020 at 18:50

Francesco · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-06 18:54:12Z

2

This should work:

first = "AAAA" + "\n"
second = str(num) + " BBBBB"
file.write(first.rjust(len(second)))
file.write(second)

Check those: Python docs for rjust() and w3schools tutorial with examples for rjust()

answered May 6, 2020 at 18:54

Francesco

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ennui Over a year ago

Thank you very much...you're a life saver. this will be very helpful; appreciate it. :)

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