writing fixed width, space delimited CSV output in Python

Question

I would like to write a fixed width, space delimited and minimally quoted CSV file using Python\'s csv writer. An example of the output:

item1           item         


        

Answer 1

This active state recipe shows how to output table-ized data in python: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/267662-table-indentation/

You might be able to glean enough from that example to do what you want.