For loop syntax and math on len()

[KEYS]

I am curious to know if you are able to divide the len of a string to get a numeric value. I am trying to do this within a for loop. I have two outcomes to the code i would like to write.
1. prints symbols over the users name.
2. allows for a space between the symbols, while sticking to the length of the users name.

i was sable to use len for the symbols without a space.

name="KEYS"
symbol="."
for i in range(1, len(name)+1, 1):
        print (symbol, end="")
print("\n"+str(name))

Output is
....
KEYS

but with space between the symbols i would need half the spaces or characters.
I tried this but it was definitely wrong.

    for e in range(1, len(name)/2, 1):
        print (symbol, end=" ")
    print("\n"+(str(name)))

trying to get an output of or something like
. .
KEYS

[jefsummers]

The problem is that you are using a proportional font. The width of "m" is wider than the width of '.'. If you switch to a monospace font (Courier, for example) then it will work. Otherwise very hard to get the dots to line up with the characters

[bowlofred]

Your attempt was close, but the division renders a float and you want an integer. So using floor division is a better idea. Changing yours to this makes it work okay.

name="KEYS"
symbol="."
for e in range(1, len(name)//2 + 1, 1):
    print (symbol, end=" ")
print("\n"+(str(name)))

You don't need to put in an explicit step of 1, since that is the default.

But I would probably take out the loop and do something like:

print(f"{symbol} " * (len(name)//2 + 1))
print(name)