table.py

#table formatting example

# lists to create table
header = ['First name', 'Last name']
first = ['Daniel', 'Ronnie', 'Vanessa']
last = ['Chia', 'Hernandez', 'Luka']

# define variables
col_count = 2 
col_widths = [10, 9] 
formatters = ['{:10}', '{:9}']
            
print('\n')

# start building the list
result = []

# append header
print('====== this is a first append')
result.append(
    formatters[i].format(header[i])
    for i in range(col_count))

print(result)
print('\n')

# append line separator
print('====== this is a second append')
result.append(
    ('=' * col_widths[i]
     for i in range(col_count)))

for i in result:
    print(i)
print('\n')

# append data rows
print('====== this is a third append')
data = (first, last) #unpacked with *
for row in zip(*data):
    result.append(
        [formatters[i].format(row[i])
         for i in range(col_count)])

for i in result:
    print(i)
print('\n')

#join the each row with spaces
print('====== Join the collections inside with spaces')
result = (' '.join(r) for r in result)

print(result)
print('\n')

print('====== Final result, join collections with new lines')
print('\n'.join(result))

print('\n')