If I have following print statements:
JavaScript
x
6
1
print("#"*80)2
print(f"##{'':.^76}##")3
print(f"##{'Hello World':.^76}##")4
print(f"##{'':.^76}##")5
print("#"*80)6
I will get a nice border around my “Hello World” but with dots:
JavaScript
1
6
1
################################################################################2
##............................................................................##3
##................................Hello World.................................##4
##............................................................................##5
################################################################################6
If I use a ' ' instead of the . in the second to fourth print statement, I will get a ValueError: Invalid format specifier.
How can replace the dot with whitespace or any other ascii symbol?
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Answer
Isn’t it enough to simply remove the dot and leave a space?
So:
JavaScript
1
6
1
print("#"*80)2
print(f"##{'': ^76}##")3
print(f"##{'Hello World': ^76}##")4
print(f"##{'': ^76}##")5
print("#"*80)6
output will be:
JavaScript
1
6
1
################################################################################2
## ##3
## Hello World ##4
## ##5
################################################################################6