Function to print header along with list of list in tabular format.

print_format_list.py

import re


def print_formatted(_header, _items, padding=10, alignment="^"):
    """
    Function to print header along with list of list in tabular format.
    :param alignment: ^ -center alignment; < -left alignment; > -right alignment
    :param _header: header strings for the table
    :param _items: list of list, representing collection of rows
    :param padding: padding count
    :return:
    """
    header_formatter = ""
    for _ in _header:
        header_formatter += "{:_" + alignment + str(padding) + "}|"
    print("| " + header_formatter.format(*[_head for _head in _header]))
    
    # after header horizontal line for separation in markdown
    print("|", end=" ")
    for _ in _header:
        print(("-" * padding), end="|")
    print()
    
    for item_info in _items:
        format_row = ("{:" + alignment + str(padding) + "}|") * len(item_info)
        print("| " + format_row.format(*item_info))
    print()


def parse_list_from_string(input_string):
    """
    Function to parse the list from the given string.
    :param input_string: input string
    :return: list of items
    """
    lines = input_string.split("\n")
    items = [re.split(r'\s', line.strip()) for line in lines]
    return items


def accept_multiline_input():
    string = ""
    while True:
        try:
            input_string = input()
            if input_string != "end":
                string += "\n" + input_string
            else:
                return string.strip()
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Error: {e}")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    # headers = ['Item no', 'Item name', 'Price', 'Unit']
    # items_list = ["01", "Banana", 5.00, "unit", "02", "Mango", 20.00, "kg", " 03", "Apple", 15.00, "kg", " 04",
    #               "Papaya", 25.00, "unit", "5", "Guava", 15.00]
    #
    # row_width = 4  # max number of items in each row
    # clustered_price_list = [items_list[n:n + row_width] for n in range(0, len(items_list), row_width)]
    
    headers = input("Enter the header: ").split()
    clustered_list = parse_list_from_string(accept_multiline_input())
    print(clustered_list)
    print_formatted(_items=clustered_list, _header=headers, padding=20)

# Example:
# print_formatted(_items=clustered_price_list, _header=header, padding=20)
#
# Output:
# ______Item no____________Item name_____________Price________________Unit________
#          01                Banana               5.0                 unit
#          02                Mango                20.0                 kg
#          03                Apple                15.0                 kg
#          04                Papaya               25.0                unit
#          5                 Guava                15.0

# Output:
# | _______Start________|________End_________|________Time________|
# | --------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
# |          1          |        2000        |0.0032053990000804333|
# |         100         |       10000        |0.013571235999961573|
# |        20000        |       80000        |0.21431415500001094 |
# |        100000       |      2000000       | 16.89189469400003  |
# |       2000000       |      9000000       | 108.93620239800009 |
# |       10000000      |     100000000      | 38.168661233999956 |