changing .format length in python 3

Question

I want to change the length of the formatting in my code,

symbolWanted = input('Input symbol wanted for triangle: ')
baseLength = int(input('Input base length of triangle(odd number): '))
for i in range (1,baseLength,2):
   print(('{:^100}').format(i*symbolWanted))

is there a way to change the length of the format using a variable e.g.

print(('{:^baseLength}').format(i*symbolWanted))

Thank you.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '20 at 08:25

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You can use variables in format strings:

print(('{:^{bl}}').format(i*symbolWanted, bl=baseLength))

answered Feb 07 '20 at 08:25

Tim Pietzcker

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 07 '20 at 08:38

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You can use the advantage of Py >=3.6 with f-strings:

print(f"{i * symbolWanted:^{baseLength}}")

answered Feb 07 '20 at 08:38

Charnel

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 07 '20 at 08:39

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Try using print((':^{baseLength}').format()

answered Feb 07 '20 at 08:39

omesh sharma

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Format is not a method of `print`. This will raise an error. – Charnel Feb 07 '20 at 08:43

changing .format length in python 3

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