2.1. String Pprint

2.1.1. Problem

>>> DATA = [
...     ('firstname', 'lastname', 'age'),
...     ('Alice', 'Apricot', 30),
...     ('Bob', 'Blackthorn', 31),
...     ('Carol', 'Corn', 32),
...     ('Dave', 'Durian', 33),
...     ('Eve', 'Elderberry', 34),
...     ('Mallory', 'Melon', 15),
... ]
>>>
>>> print(DATA)
[('firstname', 'lastname', 'age'), ('Alice', 'Apricot', 30), ('Bob', 'Blackthorn', 31), ('Carol', 'Corn', 32), ('Dave', 'Durian', 33), ('Eve', 'Elderberry', 34), ('Mallory', 'Melon', 15)]

2.1.2. Solution

>>> from pprint import pprint
>>>
>>> DATA = [
...     ('firstname', 'lastname', 'age'),
...     ('Alice', 'Apricot', 30),
...     ('Bob', 'Blackthorn', 31),
...     ('Carol', 'Corn', 32),
...     ('Dave', 'Durian', 33),
...     ('Eve', 'Elderberry', 34),
...     ('Mallory', 'Melon', 15),
... ]
>>>
>>> pprint(DATA)
[('firstname', 'lastname', 'age'),
 ('Alice', 'Apricot', 30),
 ('Bob', 'Blackthorn', 31),
 ('Carol', 'Corn', 32),
 ('Dave', 'Durian', 33),
 ('Eve', 'Elderberry', 34),
 ('Mallory', 'Melon', 15)]

2.1.3. Pprint

• Pretty-print a Python object to a stream [default is sys.stdout].

def pprint(object: Any,
           stream: Any = None,
           indent: Any = 1,
           width: Any = 80,
           depth: Any = None,
           *,
           compact: Any = False,
           sort_dicts: Any = True,
           underscore_numbers: Any = False) -> Any

>>> from pprint import pprint
>>>
>>> DATA = [
...     ('firstname', 'lastname', 'age'),
...     ('Alice', 'Apricot', 30),
...     ('Bob', 'Blackthorn', 31),
...     ('Carol', 'Corn', 32),
...     ('Dave', 'Durian', 33),
...     ('Eve', 'Elderberry', 34),
...     ('Mallory', 'Melon', 15),
... ]
>>>
>>> pprint(DATA)
[('firstname', 'lastname', 'age'),
 ('Alice', 'Apricot', 30),
 ('Bob', 'Blackthorn', 31),
 ('Carol', 'Corn', 32),
 ('Dave', 'Durian', 33),
 ('Eve', 'Elderberry', 34),
 ('Mallory', 'Melon', 15)]

2.1.4. Pformat

• Format a Python object into a pretty-printed representation.

def pformat(object: Any,
            indent: Any = 1,
            width: Any = 80,
            depth: Any = None,
            *,
            compact: Any = False,
            sort_dicts: Any = True,
            underscore_numbers: Any = False) -> Any

>>> from pprint import pformat
>>>
>>> DATA = [
...     ('firstname', 'lastname', 'age'),
...     ('Alice', 'Apricot', 30),
...     ('Bob', 'Blackthorn', 31),
...     ('Carol', 'Corn', 32),
...     ('Dave', 'Durian', 33),
...     ('Eve', 'Elderberry', 34),
...     ('Mallory', 'Melon', 15),
... ]
>>>
>>> result = pformat(DATA)
>>> result
"[('firstname', 'lastname', 'age'),\n ('Alice', 'Apricot', 30),\n ('Bob', 'Blackthorn', 31),\n ('Carol', 'Corn', 32),\n ('Dave', 'Durian', 33),\n ('Eve', 'Elderberry', 34),\n ('Mallory', 'Melon', 15)]"