using on other words length for formatted string

Question

I want to have output like this:

      col1  col2  col3  col4  col5
row1    1     1     0     1     1
row2    1     0     0     1     0
row3    1     1     1     1     1
row4    1     0     0     0     0

problem is that length of the col1 can change quite a lot so how can I get this done?

I tried to use len(col1), len(col2) and len(col3) and use it when formatting the the stuff inside the rows.

x=len(col1)
print "%xd %yd..."

and its not working.

related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3685195/line-up-columns-of-numbers-print-output-in-table-format — Wooble, Jul 09 '13 at 14:47
You might be interested in [prettytable](http://code.google.com/p/prettytable/). — unutbu, Jul 09 '13 at 14:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '13 at 14:49

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Try this:

>>> print("%*d" % (x,33))

in Python 2.X, it should be:

>>> print "%*d" % (x,33)

answered Jul 09 '13 at 14:49

Sheng

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This was what I were looking for. thank you. – TheLaama Jul 10 '13 at 11:27

using on other words length for formatted string

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