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Python lists to markdown table
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def make_markdown_table(array): | |
""" Input: Python list with rows of table as lists | |
First element as header. | |
Output: String to put into a .md file | |
Ex Input: | |
[["Name", "Age", "Height"], | |
["Jake", 20, 5'10], | |
["Mary", 21, 5'7]] | |
""" | |
markdown = "\n" + str("| ") | |
for e in array[0]: | |
to_add = " " + str(e) + str(" |") | |
markdown += to_add | |
markdown += "\n" | |
markdown += '|' | |
for i in range(len(array[0])): | |
markdown += str("-------------- | ") | |
markdown += "\n" | |
for entry in array[1:]: | |
markdown += str("| ") | |
for e in entry: | |
to_add = str(e) + str(" | ") | |
markdown += to_add | |
markdown += "\n" | |
return markdown + "\n" |
Having some implementation examples to use the above source code will be great. Thanks
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My take on it : https://gist.github.com/OsKaR31415/955b166f4a286ed427f667cb21d57bfd
It makes the table more readable (centers everything, aligns the columns), and it allows you to choose the markdown centering (the
:---
syntax.I also tried to make it as robust as possible to edge cases.