Pyformatting is a collection of useful formatting features.
>>> from pyformatting import optional_format, defaultformatter
>>> optional_format('{:.3f}{other:.5f}{}', .12345)
'0.123{other:.5f}{}'
>>> optional_format('{0[0]}{1!a}{2}{0[1]!r}', 'cool')
"c{1!a}{2}'o'"
>>> default_format = defaultformatter(str)
>>> default_format('{nothing}{data}{quotes!r}', data={1: 2})
"{1: 2}''"Pyformatting is available on PyPI:
python -m pip install -U pyformattingPyformatting supports Python 3.1+.
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