PrettyPrint python into a string, and not stdout

Question

I'd like to use prettyprint to print out a dictionary, but into a string and not to console. This string is to be passed on to other functions.

I know I can use the "stream" parameter to specify a file instead of sys.out but I want a string.

How do I do that?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15085118/prettyprint-python-into-a-string-and-not-stdout

Answer 1

Just use the StringIO module:

import StringIO

output = StringIO.StringIO()

Now you may pass output as a stream to prettyprint.