Display items nicely

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/python2.6
# Copyright (c) 2011, Formspring.me.
"""Enter brief description here.

Enter more details here about this file.
"""

__author__ = 'martin@formspring.me'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    grocery = """chocolate: 1
banana: 10
sirup: 20
blah: 120"""

    width = len(max(grocery.split('\n')))

    for item in grocery.split('\n')[:]:
        word = item.split(': ')[0]
        quantity = item.split(': ')[1]
        print '%s%s' % (word.ljust(width), quantity)