How do I arrange multiple arguments with string formatting in python

Question

I have this piece of code and I'm trying to figure out how to have multiple arguments in that second set of brackets. I want the number to be right aligned in 6 places and rounded to 2 decimal points. I get the error 'invalid format specifier' every time.

print("{0:>5}   {1:>6, 6.2f}".format(pounds, euros))

Answer 1

If you read the Format Specification Mini-Language , you'll notice that one can only specify the format width once and precision appears after the '.' :

>>> "{0:>5}   {1:>6,.2f}".format(10, 1500.657)
'   10   1,500.66'