Question

Python provides a built-in function called len that returns the length of a string, so the value of len('allen') is 5.

Write a function named right_justify that takes a string named s as a parameter and prints the string with enough leading spaces so that the last letter of the string is in column 70 of the display.

>>> right_justify('allen')
                                                       allen

I solved it like this:

def right_justify(s):
    print "                                                                 " + s    

right_justify('allen')

Is it right?

Are there built-in Python methods to do what I need to do?

Answer 1

Its quite easy with string formatting:

def right_justify(s):
    print "%70s" % s