xmlize(), a simple function similar to tabulate, to generate xml tables

table2xml.ipynb

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    "import tabulate as T\n",
    "import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET"
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      "Planet      Radius (km)    Mass (x 10^29 kg)\n",
      "--------  -------------  -------------------\n",
      "Sun              696000           1.9891e+09\n",
      "Earth              6371        5973.6\n",
      "Moon               1737          73.5\n",
      "Mars               3390         641.85\n"
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    "table = [[\"Sun\",696000,1989100000],[\"Earth\",6371,5973.6],\n",
    "         [\"Moon\",1737,73.5],[\"Mars\",3390,641.85]]\n",
    "headers = [\"Planet\", \"Radius (km)\", \"Mass (x 10^29 kg)\"]\n",
    "\n",
    "print(T.tabulate(table, headers))"
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      "<table>\n",
      "  <headers>\n",
      "    <planet>Planet</planet>\n",
      "    <radius>Radius (km)</radius>\n",
      "    <mass>Mass (x 10^29 kg)</mass>\n",
      "  </headers>\n",
      "  <data>\n",
      "    <row>\n",
      "      <planet>Sun</planet>\n",
      "      <radius>696000</radius>\n",
      "      <mass>1989100000</mass>\n",
      "    </row>\n",
      "    <row>\n",
      "      <planet>Earth</planet>\n",
      "      <radius>6371</radius>\n",
      "      <mass>5973.6</mass>\n",
      "    </row>\n",
      "    <row>\n",
      "      <planet>Moon</planet>\n",
      "      <radius>1737</radius>\n",
      "      <mass>73.5</mass>\n",
      "    </row>\n",
      "    <row>\n",
      "      <planet>Mars</planet>\n",
      "      <radius>3390</radius>\n",
      "      <mass>641.85</mass>\n",
      "    </row>\n",
      "  </data>\n",
      "</table>\n"
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    "def xmlize(list_of_lists, headers, str2tagname=lambda s: \"{!s}\".format(s)):\n",
    "    tagnames = [str2tagname(h) for h in headers]\n",
    "    root = ET.Element(\"table\")\n",
    "    headersList = ET.SubElement(root, \"headers\")\n",
    "    for h, tagname in zip(headers, tagnames):\n",
    "        hElem = ET.SubElement(headersList, tagname)\n",
    "        hElem.text = \"{!s}\".format(h)\n",
    "    dataElem = ET.SubElement(root, \"data\")\n",
    "    for row in list_of_lists:\n",
    "        rowElem = ET.SubElement(dataElem, \"row\")\n",
    "        for val, h, tagname in zip(row, headers, tagnames):\n",
    "            cellElem = ET.SubElement(rowElem, tagname)\n",
    "            cellElem.text = \"{!s}\".format(val)\n",
    "    return root\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "def indent(elem, level=0):\n",
    "    i = \"\\n\" + level*\"  \"\n",
    "    if len(elem):\n",
    "        if not elem.text or not elem.text.strip():\n",
    "            elem.text = i + \"  \"\n",
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    "        if level and (not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip()):\n",
    "            elem.tail = i\n",
    "\n",
    "            \n",
    "def first_word(s):\n",
    "    return s.split()[0].lower()\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "xml_table = xmlize(table, headers, str2tagname=first_word)\n",
    "indent(xml_table)\n",
    "ET.dump(xml_table)"
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