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    "Note: maybe you should determine length of \"longest\" fname and lname,\n",
    "say max_fname and then format the the fname column in max_fname+1 spaces\n",
    "Similarly for lname\n",
    " \n",
    "col1: max_fname + 1\n",
    "col2: max_lname + 1\n",
    "col3: 18 + 1 = 19\n",
    "col4: 9 + 1 = 10\n",
    "col5: 19\n",
    "col6: 10\n",
    "col7: 8\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "january\n",
    "february\n",
    "march\n",
    "april\n",
    "may\n",
    "june\n",
    "july\n",
    "august\n",
    "september 9\n",
    "october\n",
    "november\n",
    "december\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "print(\"{:(max_fname+1)s}{:(max_fname+1)s}{:19s}{:10s}{:19s}{:10s}{:8d}\".format(a,b,c,d,e,f,g))\n"
   ]
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    "a = \"Srinivasa\"\n",
    "b = \"Ramanujan\"\n",
    "c = \"22 December, 1887\"\n",
    "d = \"Thursday\"\n",
    "e = \"26 April, 1920\"\n",
    "f = \"Monday\"\n",
    "g = 11813"
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 3,
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   "source": [
    "max_fname = 9\n",
    "max_lname = 11"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 5,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
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     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "Srinivasa Ramanujan   22 December, 1887  Thursday  26 April, 1920     Monday       11813\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(\"{:10s}{:12s}{:19s}{:10s}{:19s}{:10s}{:8d}\".format(a,b,c,d,e,f,g))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 12,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "Srinivasa   Ramanujan  22 December, 1887  Thursday     26 April, 1920    Monday    11813\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(f\"%{max_fname}s %{max_lname}s %18s %9s %18s %9s %8d\" % (a,b,c,d,e,f,g))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 10,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "Srinivasa Ramanujan   22 December, 1887  Thursday  26 April, 1920     Monday       11813\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(a,end=\"\")\n",
    "print(\" \"*(max_fname + 1 - len(a)),end=\"\")\n",
    "\n",
    "print(b,end=\"\")\n",
    "print(\" \"*(max_lname + 1 - len(b)),end=\"\")\n",
    "\n",
    "print(\"{:19s}{:10s}{:19s}{:10s}{:8d}\".format(c,d,e,f,g))"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 8,
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       "'aaaaaaaaaa'"
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     },
     "execution_count": 8,
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   ],
   "source": [
    "\"aa\"*5"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 11,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "Srinivasa   Ramanujan  22 December, 1887  Thursday     26 April, 1920    Monday    11813\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "\n",
    "print(f'%{max_fname}s %{max_lname}s %18s %9s %18s %9s %8d' % (a,b,c,d,e,f,g))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 26,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "class Date:\n",
    "\t# Constructor\n",
    "\tdef __init__(self, m, d, y):\n",
    "\t\tself.month = m\n",
    "\t\tself.day = d\n",
    "\t\tself.year = y\n",
    "\n",
    "\tdef __str__(self):\n",
    "\t\treturn str(self.month)"
   ]
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  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 27,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "Albert Einstein 3 4\n",
      "Donald Knuth 1 None\n",
      "Srinivasa Ramanujan 12 4\n",
      "Isaac Newton 12 3\n",
      "Tim Berners-Lee 6 None\n",
      "Alonzo Church 8 6\n",
      "Alan Turing 6 6\n",
      "Leonhard Euler 4 9\n",
      "Jimi Hendrix 11 9\n",
      "Bob Marley 2 5\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
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    "fname = \"p1.dat\"\n",
    "\n",
    "with open(fname) as f:\n",
    "    data = f.read().splitlines()\n",
    "celebrities = []\n",
    "for d in data: # d = 'Albert:Einstein:3/14/1879:4/18/1955'\n",
    "    xs = d.split(\":\")  # xs = ['Albert','Einstein','3/14/1879','4/18/1955']\n",
    "    ys = xs[2].split(\"/\") # ys = ['3','14','1879']\n",
    "    dob = Date(int(ys[0]),int(ys[1]),int(ys[2]))\n",
    "    if xs[3] == \"\":\n",
    "        dod = None\n",
    "    else:\n",
    "        ys = xs[3].split(\"/\") # ys = ['4','18','1955']\n",
    "        dod = Date(int(ys[0]),int(ys[1]),int(ys[2]))\n",
    "    celebrities.append((xs[0],xs[1],dob,dod))\n",
    "# return celebrities\n",
    "for celebrity in celebrities:\n",
    "    print(celebrity[0],celebrity[1],str(celebrity[2]),str(celebrity[3]))\n"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
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