formatting is not coming correctly under python code

Question

I have a code which asks for the number of people ordered juice and cider and accordingly calculates total, subtotal, average etc. I have a problem with formatting, as in, below headings (eg: names, cider, subtotal), the numbers don't reflect under the respective headings correctly. How to format that in python

How many people ordered? 2
Enter the name of Person #1: Richard
How many orders of cider did Richard have? 13
How many orders of juice did Richard have? 9
Enter the name of Person #2: George
How many orders of cider did George have? 7
How many orders of juice did George have? 21


Names   Cider   Juice     Subtotal (Cider)   Subtotal (Juice)   Total
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Richard 13   9 $ 71.50 $ 40.50 $ 112.00
George   7    21 $ 38.50 $ 94.50 $ 133.00

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Total 20 30 $ 231.00 $ 261.00 $ 492.00
Average 10.50 14.50 $ 57.75 $ 65.25 $ 123.00

code:

print("This program calculates the prices of the orders")
person=int(input("How many people ordered?"))


person_names=[]
cider_order=[]
juice_order=[]
cider__subtotal_orders=[]
juice__subtotal_orders=[]
total_orders=[]

for a in range(person):
    personnames=input("Enter the name of Person #%d:"%(a+1))
    person_names.append(personnames)
    cider=int(input("How many orders of cider did %s have?"%personnames))
    cider_order.append(cider)
    juice=int(input("How many orders of juice did %s have?"%personnames))
    juice_order.append(juice)
    cider__subtotal_orders.append(cider*5.50)
    juice__subtotal_orders.append(juice*4.50)
    total_orders.append(cider__subtotal_orders[a]+juice__subtotal_orders[a])

    print("\n\n")

print("Name     Cider Juice Subtotal (Cider) Subtotal (Juice) Total")
print("-------------------------------------------------------------")
for a in range(person):
    print(person_names[a],cider_order[a],juice_order[a],"$",cider__subtotal_orders[a],"$",juice__subtotal_orders[a],"$",total_orders[a])
print("-------------------------------------------------------------")

print("total",sum(cider_order),sum(juice_order),"$",sum(cider__subtotal_orders),"$",sum(juice__subtotal_orders),"$",sum(total_orders))
print("Average",sum(cider_order)/person,sum(juice_order)/person,"$",sum(cider__subtotal_orders)/person,"$",sum(juice__subtotal_orders)/person,"$",
      sum(total_orders)/person)

`print('{:^24s}'.format("MyString"))` Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44781484/python-string-formatter-align-center — mad_, Sep 07 '18 at 15:31
Like the newline `\n` you can use `\t` to insert tabs into your strings. — Simon, Sep 07 '18 at 15:40

Lynxy · Answer 1 · 2018-09-07T16:09:13.187

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This can maybe help you

 a=['Names','Cider','Juice','Subtotal(Cider)','Subtotal(Juice)', 'Total']
 b=['Richard','13','9','$ 71.50','$ 40.50','$ 112.00']
 for i in range(len(b)):
      maxi=max(len(a[i]),len(b[i]))
      a[i]=a[i].center(maxi)
      b[i]=b[i].center(maxi)

 title=' '.join(a)
 data=' '.join(b)
 line='-'*len(title)
 print(title,line,data,sep='\n')

 Names  Cider Juice Subtotal(Cider) Subtotal(Juice)  Total  
------------------------------------------------------------
 Richard   13    9       $ 71.50         $ 40.50     $ 112.00

edited Sep 07 '18 at 16:09

answered Sep 07 '18 at 16:01

Lynxy

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thanks Lynxy, but the input for the names and other things are given at the runtime – sith Sep 07 '18 at 16:07
Yup. That was actually an example. A way to handle that is to create b at the runtime ;) – Lynxy Sep 07 '18 at 16:10

formatting is not coming correctly under python code

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