Python function to print two strings evenly separated

Question

I'm wanting a python function like this:

printSeperated("leftString", "rightString", screenWidth)

That would output:

leftString                    |                        rightString

Such that the "|" delimiter is at the midpoint of the screen.

I've tried:

def printSeperated(str1, str2, w = 20):
  print(str1.ljust(w), "|".center(w), str2.rjust(w))

But this does not keep the delimiter at the center of the screen

Answer 1

print doesn't know anything about the screen/terminal width. You probably have to use something like the Curses library.