yachalk/chalk conflicts with str.format method for fixed-width strings-CodePudding

In Python, I want to both (a) use the

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Problem solved. Even though I couldn't apply str.format method to the output of yachalk, I could apply the str.format method first and then apply yachalk.

from yachalk import chalk
s1 = "e4"
s2 = "c5"
s3 = "Nf3"
s = '{:8}'.format(s1)   '{:8}'.format(s2)   '{:8}'.format(s3)
c1 = chalk.yellow('{:8}'.format(s1))
c2 = chalk.yellow('{:8}'.format(s2))
c3 = chalk.yellow('{:8}'.format(s3))
c = c1   c2   c3
print(s)
print(c)

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