python scripting tutorial to printf code example
Example: python format numeric output
for x in numbers:
print "{:10.4f}".format(x)
prints
23.2300
0.1233
1.0000
4.2230
9887.2000
for x in numbers:
print "{:10.4f}".format(x)
prints
23.2300
0.1233
1.0000
4.2230
9887.2000