22 lines
867 B
Python
22 lines
867 B
Python
txt = """Given$a$txt$file$of$many$lines,$where$fields$within$a$line$
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are$delineated$by$a$single$'dollar'$character,$write$a$program
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that$aligns$each$column$of$fields$by$ensuring$that$words$in$each$
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column$are$separated$by$at$least$one$space.
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Further,$allow$for$each$word$in$a$column$to$be$either$left$
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justified,$right$justified,$or$center$justified$within$its$column."""
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parts = [line.rstrip("$").split("$") for line in txt.splitlines()]
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max_widths = {}
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for line in parts:
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for i, word in enumerate(line):
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max_widths[i] = max(max_widths.get(i, 0), len(word))
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for i, justify in enumerate([str.ljust, str.center, str.rjust]):
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print(["Left", "Center", "Right"][i], " column-aligned output:\n")
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for line in parts:
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for j, word in enumerate(line):
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print(justify(word, max_widths[j]), end=' ')
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print()
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print("- " * 52)
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