Printing string with two columns

Question

I'm trying to print a string with two fixed columns. For example, I'd like to be able to print:

abc       xyz
abcde     xyz
a         xyz

What is the correct way to format the output string when printing to achieve this? Also, how is this done before version 2.6 and after version 2.6?

Answer 1

You can use format and mention fix spaces between columns

'{0:10}  {1}'.format(s1, s2)

Old Style formatting

'%-10s' '%s' % (s1,s2)