How do I get python's pprint to return a string instead of printing?
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In other words, what's the sprintf equivalent to pprint?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
The pprint module has a command named pformat, for just that purpose.
From the documentation:
> Return the formatted representation of object as a string. indent, > width and depth will be passed to the PrettyPrinter constructor as > formatting parameters.
Example:
>>> import pprint
>>> people = [
... {"first": "Brian", "last": "Kernighan"},
... {"first": "Dennis", "last": "Richie"},
... ]
>>> pprint.pformat(people, indent=4)
"[ { 'first': 'Brian', 'last': 'Kernighan'},\n { 'first': 'Dennis', 'last': 'Richie'}]"
Solution 2 - Python
Assuming you really do mean pprint from the pretty-print library, then you want
the pprint.pformat method.
If you just mean print, then you want str()
Solution 3 - Python
Are you looking for pprint.pformat?
Solution 4 - Python
>>> import pprint
>>> pprint.pformat({'key1':'val1', 'key2':[1,2]})
"{'key1': 'val1', 'key2': [1, 2]}"
>>>
Solution 5 - Python
Something like this:
import pprint, StringIO
s = StringIO.StringIO()
pprint.pprint(some_object, s)
print s.getvalue() # displays the string