changed _pfixed in common.py to add a leading space to positive numbers

[ghost]

So the results of DataFrame.toString() without any float_format argument is aligned around the period. I think it looks much better. :)

[wesm]

I made some tweaks to "tighten up" the output and to align the first digit with the column name (- sign goes 1 place left). Thanks for pointing this out

wesm@a99ec7d

for example

                       A           B           C           D           
2000-01-03 00:00:00    0.3338     -1.77       -0.6591     -0.7264     
2000-01-04 00:00:00   -0.6862      0.7062      0.1209      0.1012     
2000-01-05 00:00:00   -0.2565     -1.046       0.07693    -1.098      
2000-01-06 00:00:00   -1.013       0.04152    -1.135      -0.4666     
2000-01-07 00:00:00    1.54       -0.6335     -0.5739     -0.6041     
2000-01-10 00:00:00    0.4512      1.433       0.7065      1.072      
2000-01-11 00:00:00   -0.9828      1.688      -0.7222     -0.8129     
2000-01-12 00:00:00    0.5295      0.2504     -1.773      -0.9227     
2000-01-13 00:00:00    1.263       0.5591     -1.044      -0.8795     
2000-01-14 00:00:00   -2.601       0.08231     0.4435      0.6444     
2000-01-17 00:00:00   -0.8637     -0.6598      2.876       1.26       
2000-01-18 00:00:00   -0.3461      1.155       0.2102      0.9326     
2000-01-19 00:00:00    1.363      -1.143      -0.9518      0.6028     
2000-01-20 00:00:00   -0.4869      0.537       0.4725      0.4718     
2000-01-21 00:00:00   -0.3899      0.2295      0.3365      0.4831     
2000-01-24 00:00:00    1.309       1.119      -0.1056     -2.378      
2000-01-25 00:00:00    0.1113      0.4509     -1.272       0.7616     
2000-01-26 00:00:00   -0.9279      1.349       0.3495      0.3751     
2000-01-27 00:00:00   -0.7842     -0.73        0.957       0.5198     
2000-01-28 00:00:00    0.0791      0.9227     -1.162      -0.2816     
2000-01-31 00:00:00    0.0999     -0.4302     -0.4136     -1.048      
2000-02-01 00:00:00   -0.3671      1.033      -0.9988     -1.471      
2000-02-02 00:00:00    1.663       2.935       2.393      -2.073      
2000-02-03 00:00:00   -0.2694      1.175      -0.5285      0.1282     
2000-02-04 00:00:00   -2.311       0.5304      0.9773      0.5586     
2000-02-07 00:00:00    0.135      -0.4709      0.6543      0.6791     
2000-02-08 00:00:00    0.9345      0.1598      0.8415      0.9543     
2000-02-09 00:00:00   -0.7147      1.355      -0.953      -0.1241     
2000-02-10 00:00:00    0.5206     -1.048      -0.002393   -0.471      
2000-02-11 00:00:00    0.5671      0.207       0.1148     -0.8669     

[ghost]

You're welcome. It looks good. Thanks!