Python Console Output
Display text (and spaces/numbers/symbols)
print("Hello World 123 @$%#.,")
Arrange text (tab, new line)
print("Hello \t World \n Testing")
- "\t" will tab "world" to the right.
- "\n" will put the text following it onto a new line.
Display calculated values
print(12+34) # This will display: 46
- With calculations you don't use quotes, otherwise it will display the calculation numbers "12+34" rather than the answer.
Display a value with 2 decimal places
print("It weighs %.2f Kg" % 14.234092) # This will display "It weighs 14.23 Kg"
- You can display to another number of decimals places, just change the number after '%.'
Have content take up a fixed amount of space
quantity = 92
print(f"{quantity:<20}apples")
# Alternatively
print("{:<20}".format(quantity) + "apples")
- This will add padding after the number so that it takes up 20 spaces total.
- This is useful if you have another value on the same line and want it to be a fixed distance from the left side.
- Use this if you have multiple lines containing words/numbers of varying length that you want to line up in columns.
Display content aligned to the right
quantity = 92
print(f"{quantity:>12}")
# Alternatively
print("{:>12}".format(quantity))
- This will add padding before the number so that it takes up 12 spaces total.
Challenge
Write a program that will display the following on a line (where the blank line should show the actual answer calculated by the program, <tab> is replaced by a real position tab, and the numbers are shown to the 3rd decimal):
<right aligned> name = Bob
<tab>345 divided by 78 equals ___.
Completed