Print the contents of two files to a two column HTML table with headings 'Good' and 'Bad'. Files need not have the same length.

goodbad.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Print the contents of two files to a two column HTML table
with headings 'Good' and 'Bad'. Files need not have the same length.

"""

import argparse
import itertools
import sys


def print_table(goodfile, badfile):
    table = """<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Good</th>
<th>Bad</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody style="font-size: smaller;">
"""

    template = '<tr>\n<td>{}</td><td>{}</td>\n</tr>\n'

    for g, b in itertools.izip_longest(goodfile, badfile, fillvalue=''):
        g = g.strip()
        b = b.strip()
        table += template.format(g, b)

    table += '</tbody>\n</table>\n'

    return table


def parse_args(args=None):
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser('Print good/bad feedback HTML table.')
    parser.add_argument('goodfile', type=argparse.FileType(),
                        help='File of good feedback.')
    parser.add_argument('badfile', type=argparse.FileType(),
                        help='File of bad feedback.')
    return parser.parse_args(args)


def main(args=None):
    args = parse_args(args)
    print print_table(args.goodfile, args.badfile)
    args.goodfile.close()
    args.badfile.close()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main())