I'm printing this table in Python:
NOMBRE POBLACIÓN ENFERMOS SANOS RATA
Chile 17000000 0 17000000 0.00
Hanslandia 2000000 2000000 0 1.00
Bastiland 4000000 0 4000000 -0.01
Peru 31000000 0 31000000 0.00
Bolivia 10000000 10000000 0 1.00
Argentina 43000000 0 43000000 0.00
Henryboysnia 4200000 4200000 0 1.00
Inglaterra 51000000 0 51000000 0.00
Dondeeldiabloperdioelponcho 500000 0 500000 0.00
Laquebradelaji 11000000 11000000 0 1.00
Uruguay 2000000 0 2000000 0.00
Paraguay 4000000 0 4000000 0.00
Suriname 500000 0 500000 0.00
Venezuela 31000000 31000000 0 1.00
Fantasilandia 3000000 0 3000000 -0.01
USA 300000000 0 3000000000.00
NotUSA 20000000 0 20000000 -0.01
Mexico 127000000 0 1270000000.00
Happyland 5000000 0 5000000 -0.01
UvuvwevweOnyetenyevweUgwembubwemOssas13000000 0 13000000 -0.01
using this format line code:
print("{0: ^20}{1: ^9.0f}{2: ^9.0f}{3: ^9.0f}{4: ^5.2f}".format(mundo[country].name,mundo[country].inhabitants,mundo[country].sick[i],mundo[country].healthy[i],mundo[country].rata[i]))
The thing is, there's this string vuvwevweOnyetenyevweUgwembubwemOssas that's too long and makes the other columns see all disordered. I've researched and, supposedly, if I do {0:. ^20}, the . would trunk the string to 20 characters, but what I get when I get that dot is the first column aligned to the left. Any idea why, and how can I do this?
The number after the caret ^ specifies the total width, which is used for the alignment. The number after the dot . is used to trim the string, see the language spec.
>>> "{0:^20.20}".format("This-is-much-to-long-to-fit")
'This-is-much-to-long'
>>> "{0:^20.20}".format("sort")
' sort '
You should also have a look at tabulate.