How to force pprint to print one list/tuple/dict element per line?

dictionary, list, pprint, pretty-print, python

Solution

Use a `width=1` argument to `pprint()`:

>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> my_var = ['one', 'two', ('red','green'), {'state' : 'Oregon', 'city' : 'Portland'}]
>>> pprint(my_var, width=1)
['one',
 'two',
 ('red',
  'green'),
 {'city': 'Portland',
  'state': 'Oregon'}]
>>>

"pprint - Data pretty printer" documentation

Problem

How can I force pprint() to print one list/tuple/dict element per line? ``` >>> from pprint import pprint >>> my_var = ['one', 'two', ('red','green'), {'state' : 'Oregon', 'city' : 'Portland'}] >>> pprint(my_var) ['one', 'two', ('red', 'green'), {'city': 'Portland', 'state': 'Oregon'}] ``` I would like the output to be something like: ``` ['one', 'two', ('red', 'green'), {'city': 'Portland', 'state': 'Oregon'}] ```

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