1.12 Formatting Strings

The formatting string uses a structure {X:>0Y.ZW}.

Here is what each (X,Y,>,0,Z,W) represent:

W	Specifies the type of variable f - float d- integer s- string g - Ask python figure out
X	Variable to format (Can be a number or a string)
>	Alignment Use <, >, ^ for Left, Right and Centre
Y	Total number of characters
Z	Number of decimal places
0	Use 0’s to pad the spaces

1.12.0.1 Python 3.6 and newer

Python 3.6 introduced somthing called ‘string interpolations’ which makes formatting even easier than before.

i = 22/7

print(f'{i}')              # Just print the number
# 3.142857142857143
print(f'{i:10.3f}')        # Total of 10 spaces, 3 decimal points,
#      3.143
print(f'{i:<10.3f}')       # Aligment: Left
# 3.143
print(f'{i:^10.3f}')       # Aligment: Centre
#   3.143
print(f'{i:>10.3f}')       # Aligment: Right
#      3.143
print(f'{i:010.3f}')       # Total of 10 spaces, 3 decimal points,padded with 0's
# 000003.143

Refer to this website for more information.

1.12.0.2 Previous versions

text = '{:>5} is {} years old today'.format('Mary',10)
print(text)
#  Mary is 10 years old today

text = 'Integer: {:}\tFloat: {}'.format(1,1)
print(text)
# Integer: 1    Float: 1