Question

(PYTHON ONLY plz!) I'm having trouble getting the longest city in my program (International Falls) to be exactly on space away from the state abbreviation in the table:

My Program:

def main():

mycities = ['Cape Girardeau, MO 63780','Columbia, MO 65201',

'Kansas City, MO 64108','Rolla,MO 65402',

'Springfield, MO65897','St Joseph, MO64504',

'St Louis,MO63111', 'Ames, IA 50010 ', 'Enid, OK 73773',

'West Palm Beach, FL 33412',

'International Falls, MN 56649',

'Frostbite Falls,MN 56650 '

]

# Print the table

for c in mycities:

entry = c.split(",")

if (len(entry) == 2):

city = entry[0].strip()

temp = entry[1].strip()

else:

city = c[0:15].strip()

temp = c[1:0].strip()

state = temp[0:2]

zipCode = int(temp[-5::])

print ("%-20s\t%s\t%d"%(city, state, zipCode))

The program result needs to line up like this:

All cities left aligned with the state abbreviation column starting one space after International Falls

Cape Girardeau      MO 63780
Columbia            MO 65201
Kansas City         MO 64108
Rolla               MO 65402
Springfield         MO 65897
St Joseph           MO 64504
St Louis            MO 63111
Ames                IA 50010
Enid                OK 73773
West Palm Beach     FL 33412
International Falls MN 56649
Frostbite Falls     MN 56650

Please help! Thx!

Answer 1

SOURCE CODE:

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def main():
    mycities = ['Cape Girardeau, MO 63780', 'Columbia, MO 65201',
                'Kansas City, MO 64108', 'Rolla,MO 65402',
                'Springfield, MO65897', 'St Joseph, MO64504',
                'St Louis,MO63111', 'Ames, IA 50010 ', 'Enid, OK 73773',
                'West Palm Beach, FL 33412',
                'International Falls, MN 56649',
                'Frostbite Falls,MN 56650 ']

    # add all data to lists
    cities = []
    states=[]
    zipcodes=[]

    # Print the table
    for c in mycities:
        entry = c.split(",")
        if len(entry) == 2:
            city = entry[0].strip()
            temp = entry[1].strip()
        else:
            city = c[0:15].strip()
            temp = c[1:0].strip()
        state = temp[0:2]
        zipCode = int(temp[-5::])

        # add to lists
        cities.append(city)
        states.append(state)
        zipcodes.append(zipCode)
    # find longest length
    longest_length_city=''
    for city in cities:
        # update the longest length
        if len(city) > len(longest_length_city):
            longest_length_city = city
    #print(longest_length_city)
    # print data
    for city, state, zipCode in zip(cities, states, zipcodes):
        # check if the city is longest length
        if len(city) == len(longest_length_city):
            print("%s %s\t%d" % (city, state, zipCode))
        else:
            print("%-20s\t%-s\t%d" % (city, state, zipCode))


main()

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OUTPUT: We can see that International Falls has the longest length and only one space is printed.

CODE: