def rightAlign(msg:str, lineWidth:int, startingChars:int, CharStep:int) -> None: first = msg[0:startingChars] spaces = lineWidth-startingChars msg = msg[startingChars:len(msg)] # print first line print(" "*spaces, end="") print(first) # print rest i = 0 while i < len(msg): startingChars += CharStep spaces = spaces-CharStep print(" "*spaces, end="") print(msg[i:i+startingChars]) i += startingChars # main msg = "We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Every part of this Earth is sacred, and we must care for it as we would care for our own lives - Chief Seattle" rightAlign(msg, 20, 1, 1) print() rightAlign(msg, 10, 1, 0) print() rightAlign(msg, 50, 50, -6)