python字符串定长输出_如何将打印输出或字符串格式化为固定宽度？

我有这个代码(在字符串中打印所有排列的出现)

def splitter(str):

for i in range(1, len(str)):

start = str[0:i]

end = str[i:]

yield (start, end)

for split in splitter(end):

result = [start]

result.extend(split)

yield result

el =[];

string = "abcd"

for b in splitter("abcd"):

el.extend(b);

unique = sorted(set(el));

for prefix in unique:

if prefix != "":

print "value " , prefix , "- num of occurrences = " , string.count(str(prefix));

我想打印字符串变量中的所有排列事件。

因为排列不是相同的长度我想要修复宽度并打印出一个不喜欢这个的好处：

value a - num of occurrences = 1

value ab - num of occurrences = 1

value abc - num of occurrences = 1

value b - num of occurrences = 1

value bc - num of occurrences = 1

value bcd - num of occurrences = 1

value c - num of occurrences = 1

value cd - num of occurrences = 1

value d - num of occurrences = 1

我该如何使用format呢？

我找到了这些帖子，但是它与字母数字字符串不相符：

python字符串格式化固定宽度

用python设置固定长度