Formatting strings in python with variables -

so code returns error "unknown format code 'e' object of type 'str'". why??

c="*"*i e=input01 d="{:>e}" print(d.format(c))

pass e format variable, using string "e" hence error:

d = "{:>{e}}" print(d.format(c, e=e))

you can see passing variable right adjusts string correctly:

in [3]: c = "*" * 4     in [4]: e = "10"     in [5]: d = "{:>{e}}"     in [6]: d.format(c, e=e) out[6]: '      ****'

you remove e format , pass second arg format:

d = "{:>{}}" print(d.format(c, e))

either way {} after > essential.

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