Question

I am currently trying to print a tabulated format (using left alignment and padding) for headings in a table however I keep getting the following error.

ValueError: Single '}' encountered in format string

Here’s the line:

print("{0}:<15}{1}:<15}{2}:<8}".format("1", "2", "3"))

Required output is something along the lines of:

1              2              3        

I’ve tried duplicating the { } as advised here but received no luck.

I am probably missing something incredibly obvious however after staring at it for ages, I cannot see it. After all, what’s the harm in asking?

Thanks

Answer 1

Works:

>>> print("{0}:<15}}{1}:<15}}{2}:<8}}".format("1", "2", "3"))
1:<15}2:<15}3:<8}

Edit: Now I understand you. Do this:

print("{0:<15}{1:<15}{2:<8}".format("1", "2", "3"))

Details: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3101/