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 "cells": [
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "# pprint 模块：打印 Python 对象"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "`pprint` 是 pretty printer 的缩写，用来打印 Python 数据结构，与 `print` 相比，它打印出来的结构更加整齐，便于阅读。"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 1,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "import pprint"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "生成一个 Python 对象："
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 2,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "data = (\n",
    "    \"this is a string\", \n",
    "    [1, 2, 3, 4], \n",
    "    (\"more tuples\", 1.0, 2.3, 4.5), \n",
    "    \"this is yet another string\"\n",
    "    )"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "使用普通的 `print` 函数："
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 3,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": false
   },
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "('this is a string', [1, 2, 3, 4], ('more tuples', 1.0, 2.3, 4.5), 'this is yet another string')\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "使用 `pprint` 模块中的 `pprint` 函数："
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 4,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": false
   },
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "('this is a string',\n",
      " [1, 2, 3, 4],\n",
      " ('more tuples', 1.0, 2.3, 4.5),\n",
      " 'this is yet another string')\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "pprint.pprint(data)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "可以看到，这样打印出来的公式更加美观。"
   ]
  }
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