Adding horizontal space between data on a Read only script

Question

I need my output to look nice, and it looks very sloppy.

--------Current output---------

Below are the players and their scores



John Doe 120

Sally Smooth 115

----------End current output----------

My desired output follows

-------Desired output-----------------

Below are the players and their scores



John Doe         120

Sally Smooth     115

--------End desired output-------------

my current code follows;

def main():



     # opens the "golf.txt" file created in the Golf Player Input python

     # in read-only mode

     infile = open('golf.txt', 'r')



     print("Below are the players and their scores")

     print()



     # reads the player array from the file

     name = infile.readline()



     while name != '':



          # reads the score array from the file

          score = infile.readline()



          # strip newline from field

          name = name.rstrip('\n')

          score = score.rstrip('\n')

          # prints the names and scores

          print(name + " " + score)



          # read the name field of next record

          name = infile.readline()



     # closes the file    

     infile.close()





 main()

Answer 1

Try using the tab character to format your spaces better.

print(name + "\t" + score)

This should give you something closer to your desired output. But you may need to use two if some names are long.

Adding horizontal space between data on a Read only script

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