How to Print “Pretty” String Output in Python

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Standard Python string formatting may suffice.

# assume that your data rows are tuples
template = "{0:8}|{1:10}|{2:15}|{3:7}|{4:10}" # column widths: 8, 10, 15, 7, 10
print template.format("CLASSID", "DEPT", "COURSE NUMBER", "AREA", "TITLE") # header
for rec in your_data_source: 
  print template.format(*rec)

Or

# assume that your data rows are dicts
template = "{CLASSID:8}|{DEPT:10}|{C_NUM:15}|{AREA:7}|{TITLE:10}" # same, but named
print template.format( # header
  CLASSID="CLASSID", DEPT="DEPT", C_NUM="COURSE NUMBER", 
  AREA="AREA", TITLE="TITLE"
) 
for rec in your_data_source: 
  print template.format(**rec)

Play with alignment, padding, and exact format specifiers to get best results.

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