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[namarino]

Hey guys I have to write a program that when given a string does this:

+-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐+|    hello     |+-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐+

this is my code so far:

def border_msg(msg):    split_msg = None    longest = 0    border = None    message = None        split_msg = msg.split('\n')        for i in split_msg:        if len(i) > longest:            longest = len(i)        border = '+%s+\n' %('-'*(longest + 2))    message = border        for i in split_msg:        message += '| %s |\n' % i        message += border        return message    print(border_msg('hello there\nmy name is nick'))

But my code does this:

+-----------------+| hello there || my name is nick |+-----------------+

How can I center that first line of text? Thanks so much for your help!

[fizzlesticks]

If you use string.format instead of % formatting you can use the ^ character in the format specifier to center a string.

[namarino]

If you use string.format instead of % formatting you can use the ^ character in the format specifier to center a string.

Yeah I tried that. How would I implement that in this situation?

[namarino]

If you use string.format instead of % formatting you can use the ^ character in the format specifier to center a string.

Do you know how I would implement that in this case???

[Linus_torvalds]

Do you know how I would implement that in this case???

here it works

def border_msg(msg):    split_msg = None    longest = 0    border = None    message = None    mylist = []        split_msg = msg.split('\n')        for i in split_msg:    	mylist.append(i)        longest = len(max(mylist, key=len))        border = '+%s+\n' %('-'*(longest + 2))    message = border        for i in split_msg:        message += '| %s |\n' % i.center(longest, ' ')        message += border        return message    print(border_msg('hello there\nmy name is nick'))

[namarino]

 

 

here it works

def border_msg(msg):    split_msg = None    longest = 0    border = None    message = None    mylist = []        split_msg = msg.split('\n')        for i in split_msg:    	mylist.append(i)        longest = len(max(mylist, key=len))        border = '+%s+\n' %('-'*(longest + 2))    message = border        for i in split_msg:        message += '| %s |\n' % i.center(longest, ' ')        message += border        return message    print(border_msg('hello there\nmy name is nick'))

Thanks!!! I unfortunately handed in the assignment already but thanks!