PYTHON

align a text python

def alignto(x: int = ..., direction: str = ..., message: str = ...):
    if direction == 'left':
        return f"{message:<{x}}"
    elif direction == 'right':
        return f"{message:^{x}}"
    elif direction == 'center':
        return f"{message:>{x}}"
    else:
        raise ValueError('direction must be left, right, or center')
    
# Try it with print(alignto(15, 'left', 'hi'), alignto(15, 'right', 'hi'), alignto(15, 'center', 'hi'))

align a text python

>>> lower = [70, 79, 88, 97, 106, 115]
>>> upper = [78, 87, 96, 105, 114, 123]
>>> num = [5, 3, 4, 2, 6, 4]
>>> digits = len(str(max(lower + upper)))
>>> digits
3
>>> f = '{0:>%d}-{1:>%d}: {2}' % (digits, digits)
>>> f
'{0:>3}-{1:>3}: {2}'
>>> for i in range(len(num)):
        print(f.format(lower[i], upper[i], '*' * num[i]))

 70- 78: *****
 79- 87: ***
 88- 96: ****
 97-105: **
106-114: ******
115-123: ****