How to format print outputs of a text file?

Question

I have a text file called animal.txt.

1.1  Animal Name  : Dog
     Animal Type  : Mammal
     Fur          : Yes
     Scale        : No

1.2  Animal Name  : Snake
     Animal Type  : Reptile
     Fur          : No
     Scale        : Yes

1.3  Animal Name  : Frog
     Animal Type  : Amphibian
     Fur          : No
     Scale        : No

1.x  Animal Name  : aaaaaa
     Animal Type  : bbbbbb
     Fur          : cccccc
     Scale        : dddddd

My desired ouput is:

Dog     Mammal      Yes
Snake   Reptile     No
Frog    Amphibian   No

Output I am getting is:

Dog Mammal Yes
Snake Reptile No
Frog Amphibian No

This is the code I currently have that prints out my current input.

with open('animal.txt', 'r') as fp:
for line in fp:
    header = line.split(':')[0]
    if 'Animal Name' in header:
        animal_name = line.split(':')[1].strip()
        print animal_name,
    elif 'Animal Type' in header:
        animal_type = line.split(':')[1].strip()
        print animal_type,
    elif 'Fur' in header:
        fur = line.split(':')[1].strip()
        print fur
    elif '1.x' in header:
        break

Is there a way to format or add to my existing code that will give me my desired output?

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '16 at 16:17

-1

Use \t between the items you are printing. So print animal_name\t, then so on through the rest of your code.

with open('animal.txt', 'r') as fp: for line in fp: header = line.split(':')[0] if 'Animal Name' in header: animal_name = line.split(':')[1].strip() print animal_name\t, elif 'Animal Type' in header: animal_type = line.split(':')[1].strip() print animal_type\t, elif 'Fur' in header: fur = line.split(':')[1].strip() print fur\t elif '1.x' in header: break

answered Jun 01 '16 at 16:17

Colby

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tried it but it doesn't work. gives me this message>>> SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character – 6406119 Jun 01 '16 at 16:25
Sorry, Try putting the `'\t'` put the quotes in there. That should fix that issue. – Colby Jun 01 '16 at 16:27
Like so?.-----> print animal_name'\t' – 6406119 Jun 01 '16 at 16:30
Yes, just like that – Colby Jun 01 '16 at 16:30
it still doesn't work. says invalid syntax :( – 6406119 Jun 01 '16 at 16:33
I'll make the text file and try helping you out. Give me a little bit :) – Colby Jun 01 '16 at 16:33
ok thank you :) really appreciate it – 6406119 Jun 01 '16 at 16:36
Oh, you need animal_name + '\t'.. But I just saw that you will still have a bit of an issue with the formatting. – Colby Jun 01 '16 at 16:40
It works for now. i see what you mean by having issues with formatting still. but thank you anyways :) – 6406119 Jun 01 '16 at 16:42

How to format print outputs of a text file?

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