I need to align numbers right for any input. However I can't seem to do it only for a specific input not for any input. I've also tried turning the list of strings into a list of nums using list comprehension and then do print("{:5d}".format(i)). I've also tried doing something like print("{:>len(i)}".format(i))

n = input().split()

m = sorted(n, key =int, reverse = True)


for i in m:
    print("{:>10}".format(i))

Sample Input:

8 11 12 123 45678

Sample Output:

45678
  123
   12
   11
    8

I've managed to do it for the input above, but not for any input.

CodePudding user response：

maybe it could generalize better by keeping your elements as strings and using rjust() ?

n = input().split()
for i in n:
    print(i.rjust(len(max(n, key = len))))

CodePudding user response：

You can use a variable width specifier in string formatting:

n = input().split()

l = max(len(i) for i in n)

m = sorted(n, key=int, reverse=True)

for i in m:
    print("{:>{:d}}".format(i, l))

With an input of 1231231232131213 123123213213 12312321321 213123123, the output is:

1231231232131213
    123123213213
     12312321321
       213123123