Python in a Nutshell

Name

pprint

Synopsis

pprint(obj,stream=sys.stdout)

Outputs the pretty-printing of obj to file object stream, with a terminating newline.

The following statements are the same:

print pprint.pformat(x)
pprint.pprint(x)

Either of these constructs will be roughly the same as print x in many cases, such as when the string representation of x fits within one line. However, with something like x =range(30), print x displays x in two lines, breaking at an arbitrary point, while using module pprint displays x over 30 lines, one line per item. You can use module pprint when you prefer the module’s specific display effects to the ones of normal string representation.