Python List Help

[gibsonce]

Hello. I wrote the below code in Python 3. I am having trouble getting the \t out of my strings and making the items in the list stack vertically. Can not seem to figure this out. Please help.

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#Mardi Gras Event Schedule #Written by Charles Gibson in Python 3   #Begin Application   #Text string to give user instructions for input print("Madi Gras Event Schedule") print() print("Dates: 02/10/2018 - 02/13/2018") print("Format Example mm/dd/yyyy") print() #opt function def opt():   eventDate = input("Please select a date")   if (eventDate == "02/10/2018"):     print(febTenArry)   if (eventDate == "02/11/2018"):     print(febElevenArry)   if (eventDate == "02/12/2018"):     print(febTwelveArry)   if (eventDate == "02/13/2018"):     print(febThirteenArry)        # Date variables with event information strings febTenArry = [ "Krewe of Iris Uptown 1000am", "Krewe of Tucks Uptown 1100am", "Krewe of NOMTOC Westbank   1045am", "Krewe of Endymnion Midtown 415pm", "Krewe of Isis Metairie 630pm" ]   febElevenArry = [ "Krewe of Okeanos   Uptown 11:00am", "Krewe of Mid-City  Uptown 11:45am", "Krewe of Thoth Uptown 12:00pm", "Krewe of Bacchus   Uptown 5:15pm", "Corps de Napoleon  Metairie 5:00pm", "Krewe of Athena    Metairie 5:30pm", "Krewe of Pandora   Metairie 6:30pm" ]   febTwelveArry = [ "Krewe of Proteus   Uptown 5:15pm", "Krewe of Orpheus   Uptown 6:00pm" ]   febThirteenArry = [ "Krewe of Zulu  Uptown 8:00am", "Krewe of Rex   Uptown 10:00am", "Krewe of Elks Orleans  Uptown 12:00pm", "Krewe of Crescent City Uptown 2:00pm", "Krewe of Argus Metairie 10:00am", "Krewe of Elks Jefferson    Metairie 12:00pm", "Krewe of Jefferson Metairie 2:00pm", "Krewe of Lyra  Covington 10:00am" ] #opt function called opt()  #while loop to allow user to enter dates multiple times before closing while input != "exit":   opt() #End of Application

Output:
Python 3.6.1 (default, Dec 2015, 13:05:11)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux
   
Madi Gras Event Schedule

Dates: 02/10/2018 - 02/13/2018
Format Example mm/dd/yyyy

Please select a date 02/13/2018
['Krewe of Zulu\tUptown 8:00am', 'Krewe of Rex\tUptown 10:00am', 'Krewe of Elks Orleans\tUptown 12:00pm', 'Krewe of Crescent City\tUptown 2:00pm', 'Krewe of Argus\tMetairie 10:00am', 'Krewe of Elks Jefferson\tMetairie 12:00pm', 'Krewe of Jefferson\tMetairie 2:00pm', 'Krewe of Lyra\tCovington 10:00am']
Please select a date 

[Larz60+]

you can use replace, example

1	mystring = mystring.replace('\t', ' ')

[ichabod801]

The tabs are in your string literals. Do a find and replace to get rid of them, or go to where they are in the string and manually delete them and replace them with a space.

To make the items in the list stack vertically, just do a loop:

1 2	for item in dateArry:     print(item)

[volcano63]

You use strings to describe your events - which is rather inadequate structure.

You may use dict for an individual eveny - but I would use namedtuple for event records and dict - for event collection,

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from collections import namedtuple Event = namedtuple('Event', 'event location time')   mardi_gras_events = {                 "02/10/2018":                                          [Event('Krewe of Iris', 'Uptown', '10:00am'),          Event('Krewe of Tucks', 'Uptown', '11:00am'),          ...],     .... }

(I personally would have used pandas - but that is a complex package, not recommended for newbies).

As for displaying - there's this tabulate package.

I have my own function that serves this purpose (well, it is rather involved)