how to get around “Single '}' encountered in format string” when using .format and formatting in printing

Question

I am currently trying to print a tabulated format (using left alignment and padding) for headings in a table however I keep getting the following error.

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Answer 1

Use }}:

>>> "{0}:<15}}{1}:<15}}{2}:<8}}".format("1", "2", "3")
'1:<15}2:<15}3:<8}'

Answer 2

The { and } characters need to be escaped where they're not part of the formatting template.

Try: print("{0}:<15}}{1}:<15}}{2}:<8}}".format("1", "2", "3"))

Outputs: 1:<15}2:<15}3:<8}

Answer 3

Works:

>>> print("{0}:<15}}{1}:<15}}{2}:<8}}".format("1", "2", "3"))
1:<15}2:<15}3:<8}

Edit: Now I understand you. Do this:

print("{0:<15}{1:<15}{2:<8}".format("1", "2", "3"))

Details: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3101/