Prints tables generated with python-tabulate side by side

tabulate-tables-side-by-side

from tabulate import tabulate


def print_tables_side_by_side(*tables, spacing: int = 3):
    string_tables_split = [tabulate(t, headers="firstrow").splitlines() for t in tables]
    spacing_str = " " * spacing

    num_lines = max(map(len, string_tables_split))
    paddings = [max(map(len, s_lines)) for s_lines in string_tables_split]

    for i in range(num_lines):
        line_each_table = []
        for padding, table_lines in zip(paddings, string_tables_split):
            if len(table_lines) <= i:
                line_each_table.append(" " * (padding + spacing))
            else:
                line_table_string = table_lines[i]
                line_len = len(line_table_string)
                line_each_table.append(
                    line_table_string + (" " * (padding - line_len)) + spacing_str
                )

        final_line_string = "".join(line_each_table)
        print(final_line_string)

Example:

tables = [
    [["table 0 - name"], ["table 0 - a"]],
    #
    [["table 1 - name", "table 1 - number"], ["table 1 - a", 3], ["table 1 - b", 5]],
    #
    [["table 2 - name"], ["table 2 - a"], ["table 2 - b"], ["table 2 - c"]],
    #
    [
        ["table 3 - name", "table 3 - number", "table 4 - reviews"],
        ["table 3 - a", 103, 105.0],
        ["table 3 - b", 105, 103.0],
        ["table 3 - b", 105, 103.0],
        ["table 3 - b", 105, 103.0],
        ["table 3 - b", 105, 103.0],
    ],
]
print_tables_side_by_side(tables[0], spacing=10)
print()
print("*" * 120)
print()
print_tables_side_by_side(tables[1], spacing=10)
print()
print("*" * 120)
print()
print_tables_side_by_side(*tables[0:2], spacing=10)
print()
print("*" * 120)
print()
print_tables_side_by_side(*tables, spacing=10)

prints:

table 0 - name            
----------------          
table 0 - a               

************************************************************************************************************************

table 1 - name      table 1 - number          
----------------  ------------------          
table 1 - a                        3          
table 1 - b                        5          

************************************************************************************************************************

table 0 - name            table 1 - name      table 1 - number          
----------------          ----------------  ------------------          
table 0 - a               table 1 - a                        3          
                          table 1 - b                        5          

************************************************************************************************************************

table 0 - name            table 1 - name      table 1 - number          table 2 - name            table 3 - name      table 3 - number    table 4 - reviews          
----------------          ----------------  ------------------          ----------------          ----------------  ------------------  -------------------          
table 0 - a               table 1 - a                        3          table 2 - a               table 3 - a                      103                  105          
                          table 1 - b                        5          table 2 - b               table 3 - b                      105                  103          
                                                                        table 2 - c               table 3 - b                      105                  103          
                                                                                                  table 3 - b                      105                  103          
                                                                                                  table 3 - b                      105                  103