["python","python-2.7"]
How do I make a fixed size formatted string in python?

I want to create a formatted string with fixed size with fixed position between fields. An example explains better, here there are clearly 3 distinct fields and the string is a fixed size: XXX 123 98.00 YYYYY 3 1.00 ZZ 42 123.34 How can I apply such formatting to a string in python (2.7)?
Sure, use the .format method. E.g., print('{:10s} {:3d} {:7.2f}'.format('xxx', 123, 98)) print('{:10s} {:3d} {:7.2f}'.format('yyyy', 3, 1.0)) print('{:10s} {:3d} {:7.2f}'.format('zz', 42, 123.34)) will print xxx 123 98.00 yyyy 3 1.00 zz 42 123.34 You can adjust the field sizes as desired. Note that .format works independently of print to format a string. I just used print to display the strings. Brief explanation: 10s format a string with 10 spaces, left justified by default 3d format an integer reserving 3 spaces, right justified by default 7.2f format a float, reserving 7 spaces, 2 after the decimal point, right justfied by default. There are many additional options to position/format strings (padding, left/right justify etc), String Formatting Operations will provide more information. Update for f-string mode. E.g., text, number, other_number = 'xxx', 123, 98 print(f'{text:10} {number:3d} {other_number:7.2f}') For right alignment print(f'{text:>10} {number:3d} {other_number:7.2f}')