Python TextCalendar: formatmonth() method

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formatmonth() method

The formatmonth() method is used to get a month's calendar in a multi-line string.

Syntax:

formatmonth(theyear, themonth, w=0, l=0)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required / Optional	Type
theyear	Year for which the calendar should be generated.	Required	Number
themonth	Month for which the calendar should be generated.	Required	Number
w	Specifies the width of the date columns, which are centered. Default value is 0.	Optional	Number
l	Specifies the number of lines that each week will use. Default value is 0.	Optional	Number

Example of Text-calendar-formatmonth() method

import calendar
tc= calendar.TextCalendar(firstweekday=0)
print(tc.formatmonth(2016, 5))

Output:

      May 2016
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
                   1
 2  3  4  5  6  7  8
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31

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