How do i print a list of string and integers vertically in python

Question

i am trying to print out a list of string and integers vertically.

map = [["SG", 8], ["MY", 8], ["PH", 8], ["ID", 8], ["TH", 8]]

the print should return:

SG        8
MY        8
PH        8
ID        8
TH        8

this is what i have :

for element in map:
  print(element)

the failed output:

    ['SG',       8]  
    ['MY',       8]  
etc....

So you are asking "how to print ``element = ["SG", 8]`` as ``SG 8`` instead of ``["SG", 8]``? — MisterMiyagi, Aug 02 '21 at 17:24
`for element in map:` / `print('%-8s %2d" % tuple(element)`) — Tim Roberts, Aug 02 '21 at 17:26
@TimRoberts favor f-strings or `.format` over the old-style string formatting — juanpa.arrivillaga, Aug 02 '21 at 17:27
You can if you want. `printf` formatting expresses the concept very clearly here. — Tim Roberts, Aug 02 '21 at 17:27
Here is a very good website to learn about Python string formatting: https://pyformat.info/ — juanpa.arrivillaga, Aug 02 '21 at 17:28
@TimRoberts the problem is that old-style is less feature complete and has potentially confusing behavior regarding how `tuple`s are treated. It is slightly different, but is what you propose really more clear than: `for symbol, number in map: print(f"{symbol:<8} {number:>2}")`? But again, the point is having to avoid people learning two slightly different specs — juanpa.arrivillaga, Aug 02 '21 at 17:37

FelipeCruzV10 · Answer 1 · 2021-08-02T17:30:52.360

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May note be the best solution, but try this.

for element in map:
    print("{}\t{}".format(element[0],element[1]))

edited Aug 02 '21 at 17:30

answered Aug 02 '21 at 17:23

FelipeCruzV10

`element` != `i` – azro Aug 02 '21 at 17:27
Oh yeah sorry, I've already corrected – FelipeCruzV10 Aug 02 '21 at 17:31
you can do `for a,b in map` to already unpack – azro Aug 02 '21 at 21:06
yeah sure, at the end is the same. I think that the person who asked this was looking for something like the "\t" which is useful when the first element is always the same size, or something like "%-8s %2d" for other cases. That is, learning a bit of python string formatting. – FelipeCruzV10 Aug 02 '21 at 21:31
i have managed to print it out vertically, now my next problem is that for every turn, i will have 2 inputs in which i have to choose eg sg,my , my,ph, th,sg, and i would have to select 1 of them in each turn. how would i check to see if i picked sg it will print out SG 7? so basically if u picked an item, it would be deducted by 1 – m4ti666 Aug 03 '21 at 09:10
That is already another question. You can ask ask a new question for that. – FelipeCruzV10 Aug 03 '21 at 23:43

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