PrettyPrinter
- PrettyPrinter(indent=1, width=80, depth=None, stream=None, *, compact=False, expand=False, sort_dicts=True, underscore_numbers=False)
Construct a PrettyPrinter instance.
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Changed in 3.4, 3.8, 3.10, 3.11, 3.15
- 3.4: Added the compact parameter.
- 3.8: Added the sort_dicts parameter.
- 3.10: Added the underscore_numbers parameter.
- 3.11: No longer attempts to write to sys.stdout if it is None.
- 3.15: Added the expand parameter.
Members of PrettyPrinter
f
- format
- Format object for a specific context, returning a string and flags indicating whether the representation is 'readable' and whether the object represents a recursive construct.
i
- isreadable
- Determine if the formatted representation of the object is “readable,” or can be used to reconstruct the value using eval().
- isrecursive
- Determine if the object requires a recursive representation.
1 Example
>>> import pprint >>> stuff = ['spam', 'eggs', 'lumberjack', 'knights', 'ni'] >>> stuff.insert(0, stuff[:]) >>> pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4) >>> pp.pprint(stuff) [ ['spam', 'eggs', 'lumberjack', 'knights', 'ni'], 'spam', 'eggs', 'lumberjack', 'knights', 'ni'] >>> pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(width=41, compact=True) >>> pp.pprint(stuff) [['spam', 'eggs', 'lumberjack', 'knights', 'ni'], 'spam', 'eggs', 'lumberjack', 'knights', 'ni'] >>> pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(width=41, expand=True, indent=3) >>> pp.pprint(stuff) [ [ 'spam', 'eggs', 'lumberjack', 'knights', 'ni', ], 'spam', 'eggs', 'lumberjack', 'knights', 'ni', ] >>> tup = ('spam', ('eggs', ('lumberjack', ('knights', ('ni', ('dead', ... ('parrot', ('fresh fruit',)))))))) >>> pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(depth=6) >>> pp.pprint(tup) ('spam', ('eggs', ('lumberjack', ('knights', ('ni', ('dead', (...)))))))
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