code: def _determine_leftpad(column, point_place):
      '''Find how many spaces to put before a column of numbers
         so that all the decimal points line up
  
      This function takes a column of decimal numbers, and returns a
      vector containing the number of spaces to place before each number
      so that (when possible) the decimal points line up.
  
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      column : list
          Numbers that will be printed as a column
      point_place : int
          Number of the character column to put the decimal point
      '''
  
      # Find the number of digits before the decimal
      ndigits_left = [_find_point(x) for x in column]
  
      # find the padding per entry, filtering negative numbers
      return [max((point_place - 1) - x, 0) for x in ndigits_leftf _determine_leftpad(column, point_place):
      '''Find how many spaces to put before a column of numbers
         so that all the decimal points line up
  
      This function takes a column of decimal numbers, and returns a
      vector containing the number of spaces to place before each number
      so that (when possible) the decimal points line up.
  
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      column : list
          Numbers that will be printed as a column
      point_place : int
          Number of the character column to put the decimal point
      '''
  
      # Find the number of digits before the decimal
      ndigits_left = [_find_point(x) for x in column]
  
      # find the padding per entry, filtering negative numbers
      return [max((point_place - 1) - x, 0) for x in ndigits_left]
docs: Find how many spaces to put before a column of numbers
         so that all the decimal points line up
  
      This function takes a column of decimal numbers, and returns a
      vector containing the number of spaces to place before each number
      so that (when possible) the decimal points line up.
  
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      column : list
          Numbers that will be printed as a column
      point_place : int
          Number of the character column to put the decimal point