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## columnize.py
Version 1.00 (module macrolib.columnize)
## Copyright (c) 2007 Bruce Vaughan, BV
Detailing & Design, Inc.
## All rights reserved.
## NOT FOR
############################################################################
"""
Pad a text string on
the right, left, or each end to fill the column width
argument. Credit to Barton
"""
def columnize(word,
width, align='Left'):
nSpaces
= width - len(word)
if nSpaces < 0:
nSpaces
= 0
if align ==
'Left':
return word +
(" " * nSpaces)
if align ==
'Right':
return ("
" * nSpaces) + word
return ("
" * (nSpaces/2)) + word + (" " * (nSpaces-nSpaces/2))
if __name__ == '__main__':
print repr((columnize('This text is
left aligned', 40)))
print repr((columnize('This text is
right aligned', 40, 'Right')))
print repr((columnize('This text is center
aligned', 40, 'Center')))
'''
>>> 'This
text is left aligned '
' This text is right aligned'
' This text is center aligned '
>>>
'''