shell - Center-aligning text on console in Python

Question

I am creating a simple console-based Python (version 2.4) script that will be run on a Bash shell. It is a simple menu-based script that displays a set of options to the user and will do specific tasks depending on the user input.

When the script starts, I want it to clear the screen and display the menu in the center of the screen. I can get the console width from stty size. How do I go about center-aligning the text?

Answer 1

You can use str.center

s = "hello world"
s.center(40)
>>> '              hello world               '