how to print using the printf operator in python code example

Example 1: python text fromatting rows

table_data = [
    ['a', 'b', 'c'],
    ['aaaaaaaaaa', 'b', 'c'], 
    ['a', 'bbbbbbbbbb', 'c']
]
for row in table_data:
    print("{: >20} {: >20} {: >20}".format(*row))

Example 2: python format numeric output

for x in numbers:
    print "{:10.4f}".format(x)
prints

   23.2300
    0.1233
    1.0000
    4.2230
 9887.2000

Example 3: print python format

print('{} {}'.format(1, 2))