table_parse.py

def listgen(n, obj=0):
    return [obj for _ in range(n)]

def makeLineToCells(line, rowSize=0):
    line = line.strip()
    if line.startswith("|"): line = line[1:]
    if line.endswith("|"): line = line[:-1]
    cells = line.split("|")
    cellsLen = len(cells)
    
    for i in range(cellsLen):
        cells[i] = cells[i].strip()
    
    extraElmsCount = rowSize - cellsLen
    if extraElmsCount:
        cells.extend(listgen(extraElmsCount, ""))

    return cells

def parseMdTable(string):
    lines = string.strip().split("\n")
    table = []
    tableRowSize = 0
    
    if len(lines) > 1:
        config = makeLineToCells(lines[1])
        for dashes in config:
            if dashes.find("---") == -1:
                return None
            tableRowSize = len(config)
        del lines[1]

    for line in lines:
        table.append(makeLineToCells(line, tableRowSize))

    return table

def printMdTable(table, alignment=None):
    height, width = (len(table), len(table[0]))
    print("Height:", height, ", Width:", width)
    
    largestColumnSizes = [ 0 for _ in range(width) ]
    
    for y in range(height):
        for x in range(width):
            value = table[y][x]
            valueLen = len(value)
            if valueLen > largestColumnSizes[x]:
                largestColumnSizes[x] = valueLen
    
    if alignment:
        alignment.extend(listgen(width - len(alignment)))

    row = table[0]
    for i in range(len(row)):
        value = row[i]
        if alignment == None or alignment[i] == 0:
            row[i] = value + " " * (largestColumnSizes[i] - len(value))
        else:
            row[i] = " " * (largestColumnSizes[i] - len(value)) + value
    print(" " + " | ".join(row))
    
    row = []
    for i in range(width):
            row.append("-" * (largestColumnSizes[i]))
    print(" " + " | ".join(row))
    
    for y in range(1,height):
        row = table[y]
        for i in range(len(row)):
            value = row[i]
            if alignment == None or alignment[i] == 0:
                row[i] = value + " " * (largestColumnSizes[i] - len(value))
            else:
                row[i] = " " * (largestColumnSizes[i] - len(value)) + value
        print(" " + " | ".join(row))

def getFilelistTable(path):
    import os, datetime
    
    path = os.path.realpath(path)
    table = [["", "File Name", "Date"]]
    
    items = os.listdir(path)
    for item in items:
        itemPath = os.path.join(path, item)
        creationTime = str(datetime.date.fromtimestamp(os.lstat(itemPath).st_ctime))
        table.append(["DIR" if os.path.isdir(itemPath) else "", item, creationTime])
    
    return table

if __name__ == "__main__":

    mdTable = \
"""
Artist | Song
---|---
Sugababes  | About You Now
Take That | Rule The World
Taylor Swift | ...Ready For It?
Tessa Violet | Crush
Tristania | Deadlocked
Ward Thomas | Someday
Wham! |  Last Christmas
"""

    table = parseMdTable(mdTable)
    if table:
        printMdTable(table, [1])