Console-Table

Displaying Tables in the console

How To Use

# Import package
from cli_table import Table, align_data_left, align_data_center, align_data_right

# Create some data
data = [
	['First Name', 'Last Name', 'Grade'],
	['Roy', 'Trenneman', 5],
	['Maurice', 'Moss', 1],
	['Jen', 'Barber', 6],
	['Douglas', 'Reynholm', 9],
	['Richmond', 'Avenal', 7],
]

# Create the table
table = Table(
	data,
	alignment=[align_data_left, align_data_left, align_data_right],
	header_alignment=align_data_center,
	header=True,
)

# Sort by specific rows
table.sort_by('Grade')

# Freeze the table
table.freeze()

# Print the table
print(table)

Output:

| First Name | Last Name | Grade |
| Maurice    | Moss      |     1 |
| Roy        | Trenneman |     5 |
| Jen        | Barber    |     6 |
| Richmond   | Avenal    |     7 |
| Douglas    | Reynholm  |     9 |

Arguments

Table()

Creates a table object

Table().is_frozen()

Checks if the table needs to be frozen before printing

Table().sort_by()

Sorts the table by the values of a column

Table().update_data()

Changes the data that the table has

Table().freeze()

Compiles the given data into a string for quick displaying

Table().display() | print(Table())

Prints the table