python - formatting a string with key value pair separate by ':'

Question

I am building a string of following pattern

"Key1":"Value1"
"Key1232131":"Value2"
"Key12321":"Value3"

I want to format it like

"Key1"          :   "Value1"
"Key1232131"    :   "Value2"
"Key12321"      :   "Value3"

I tried to insert them in a dictionary and pretty print it but that doesn't do it. I think I might need a table like representation. What can I use in python/in general to achieve this?

Hi - can you show us the code you've tried (even if it isn't working)? (edit your question and add it there, don't reply in comments because code formatting here is awful) — Taryn East, Feb 10 '15 at 23:09

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '15 at 23:13

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>>> key="Key1" 
>>> value = "Value1"
>>> '{!r:<10}:{!r:>10}'.format(key, value)
"'Key1'    :  'Value1'"

answered Feb 10 '15 at 23:13

John La Rooy

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Creating a matrix is one solution:

matrix = [['Key1 :', 'Value1'], ['Key1232131 :', 'Value2'], ['Key12321 :', 'Value3']]
for row in matrix:
   print ' '.join(row)

How to make matrices in Python? shows how to make a matrix in general

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Feb 10 '15 at 23:11

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python - formatting a string with key value pair separate by ':'

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