file.seek in append mode

greets

i have some text that i update.the data consists of a few strings,printed to the file as one line.now when i write the file for the first time,i can use file.seek() to controll where on the line a string goes.but when i try to do it in append mode,it just writes the strings right next to each other on the line.i am trying to make the file a little easier on the eye when its viewed(the strings aligned vertically).i want something like


but this is what im getting


i tried some thing like
p=file.tell()
p=(p+20)
file.seek(p)
file.write

but it doesnt work.can anyone show me a example of something similar to what i want to do?

The best way to do this is by padding the string to be writen to the file apropriatly. For this i'd use the ljust() string method i.e.



Hope this helps ,

Mark.

As always...it does!
Thanks!