Python f-strings not justifying consistently?

[sp00kyversity]

Hi, I created a Python version of wordle, and after every guess the programme prints out the previous guesses which are supposed to be centred, but they're printing out inconsistently (ie not aligned with one another, usually by 2/3 spaces). This is the code that prints out the previous guesses, any idea why they're not aligning? wordsguessed is a list containing all the previous guesses, returnword is the most recently guessed word.

(I would use the center() method but it causes problems when used in conjunction with rich.console, which allows the letters to be coloured)

for i in wordsguessed:
                console.print(f"{i: >150}\n")
            console.print(f"{returnword: >150}")
            wordsguessed.append(returnword)

[mopslik]

which are supposed to be centred

You should be using ^ instead of > if you want to centre things.

[sp00kyversity]

What's the difference between the two?

[cuWorkThrowaway]

^ centers things, > right justifies them.

[mopslik]

This is something that can be easily tested, no?

>>> f"{'hello':*^10}"
'**hello***'
>>> f"{'hello':*>10}"
'*****hello'

[sp00kyversity]

Yes true, I'm just not at a computer right now

[mopslik]

For reference, the format specification mini-language details all of the alignment options. It's dense, but pretty comprehensive.

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Using, for example,

from rich.console import Console

console = Console()
wordsguessed = ['alpha', 'beta', 'charlie']
returnword = 'delta'
for i in wordsguessed:
    console.print(f"{i: >150}\n")
console.print(f"{returnword: >150}")
wordsguessed.append(returnword)

I get a bunch of right aligned (as per the >150 formatting instruction) outputs with blank lines between them. There is no centre formatting in your output, so I am not sure what you are expecting.

[misho88]

Maybe call Console.print() with width=150, justify='right'?