Python 切片字符串或添加到列表列表中的字符串

我正在尝试根据元素的长度更改列表列表中的元素，如果字符串长度大于 8，我想将字符串从开头截断到长度 8，如果字符串短于 8，我想想要添加多少它在空白处更短。这段代码哪里出错了？

list_of_lists = [['PARENT', 'ID', 'DESCRIPTION1', 'DESCRIPTION2'], 
             ['', 'R1', 'R1_Des_1', '0'], 
             ['C1', 'E1', 'E1_Des_1', '1'], 
             ['P1', 'C1', 'C1_Des_1', '2'], 
             ['R1', 'P1', 'P1_Des_1', '3'], 
             ['C2', 'E2', 'E2_Des_1', '4'], 
             ['P2', 'C2', 'C2_Des_1', '5'], 
             ['R1', 'P2', 'P2_Des_1', '6'], 
             ['P2', 'C3', 'C3_Des_1', '7'], 
             ['C4', 'E3', 'E3_Des_1', '8'], 
             ['P3', 'C4', 'C4_Des_1', '9'], 
             ['R2', 'P3', 'P3_Des_1', '10'], 
             ['None', 'R3', 'R3_Des_', '11'], 
             ['P3', 'C5', 'C5_Des_1', '12'], 
             ['C6', 'E4', 'E4_Des_1', '13'], 
             ['P4', 'C6', 'C6_Des_1', '14'], 
             ['R2', 'P4', 'P4_Des_1', '15'], 
             ['C7', 'E5', 'E5_Des_1', '16'], 
             ['P5', 'C7', 'C7_Des_1', '17'], 
             ['R3', 'P5', 'P5_Des_1', '18'], 
             ['C9', 'E6', 'E6_Des_1', '19'], 
             ['P6', 'C9', 'C9_Des_1', '20'], 
             ['R3', 'P6', 'P6_Des_1', '21'], 
             ['P6', 'C8', 'C8_Des_1', '22'], 
             ['C10', 'E7', 'E7_Des_1', '23'], 
             ['P7', 'C10', 'C10_Des_1', '24'], 
             ['R4', 'P7', 'P7_Des_1', '25'], 
             ['P7', 'C11', 'C11_Des_1', '26'], 
             ['C12', 'E8', 'E8_Des_1', '27'], 
             ['P8', 'C12', 'C12_Des_1', '28'], 
             ['R4', 'P8','','29'], 
             ['', 'P8','','30'], 
             ['R1', 'P8','','31'], 
             ['', 'z1','','32'], 
             ['z1', 'z2','','33'], 
             ['z1', 'z3','','34'], 
             ['z2', 'z4','','35'], 
             ['z3', 'z4','','36']] 
 
list_of_lists_slice = list(list_of_lists) 
list_string = [] 
 
for sublist in list_of_lists_slice: 
    for element in sublist: 
        if len(element) > 8: 
            element = element[:7] 
        if len(element) < 8: 
            space = 8 - len(element) 
            element = element + (' ' * space) 
 
 
for sublist in list_of_lists_slice: 
    row_str = str(' |') 
    ele_str = '|'.join(sublist) 
    row_str = row_str + ele_str + ('| ') 
    list_string.append(row_str) 
    middle = ('  ') 
    middle = middle + str((len(sublist)) * (9 * ('-'))) 
    list_string.append(middle) 
 
for row in list_string: 
    print (row) 

请您参考如下方法:

我不知道你的代码有什么问题，但你绝对应该使用字符串格式，结合格式语言的截断和填充选项:

>>> s1 = 'longer than 8' 
>>> s2 = 'short' 
>>> f'{s1:8.8}' 
'longer t' 
>>> f'{s2:8.8}' 
'short   ' 

如果你得到这些 f-strings 的 SyntaxError，使用老派的方法:

>>> '{:8.8}'.format(s1) 
'longer t' 
>>> '{:8.8}'.format(s2) 
'short   '