How do I use the pretty print module to print a list in python?

Question

I've been searching this but I can't find it. I want to view a list of commands in an organized fashion, so that this:

Comandos = ["1: Imprime lista de opciones", "2: Abre la calculadora de dinero"]

pprint(Comandos)

Gets printed like this:

1: Imprime lista de opciones
2: Abre la calculadora de dinero.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 28 '17 at 23:30

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You do not need pprint, you can simply join them together and print them:

print('\n'.join(Comandos))

answered Jan 28 '17 at 23:30

Willem Van Onsem

MaLiN2223 · Answer 2 · 2017-01-28T23:50:33.993

As @willem-van-onsem said, you can simply join and it will be all done.

However if you ~~need~~ HAVE TO to use pprint you can do this as such:

pprint(a,width=max(len(a[0]),len(a[1]))*2)

Mind you, it is not optimal (nor recommended) solution.

And more general approach :

pprint(a,width=len((max(a, key=len))*2))

Additional note: This appropach will not work when n (n>1) of shortest strings sum to the longest (on length).

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