tabling 2.0.0

Tabling is a Python library, inspired by HTML and CSS, for creating highly customizable tables in the console.

Tabling

Tabling is a Python library, inspired by HTML and CSS, for creating highly customizable tables in the console.

Key Features

• Add/remove/swap rows, columns, and cells.
• Find & replace values
• Sort rows or columns by key
• Customize background, font, padding, margin, and borders
• Modify text alignment, direction, spacing, wrapping
• 5+ border styles: single, double, dashed, dotted, solid
• 5+ font styles: bold, italic, strikethrough, underline, overline
• All HTML colors: 140+ names, all RGB values, all HEX codes
• Import/export from CSV, JSON, HTML, Markdown, Plain text, TSV, XLSX, SQLite
• Design UIs like how HTML tables were once used before CSS Grid and Flexbox

Installation

pip install tabling

Quick Start

1. Create a Table

from tabling import Table

table = Table(colspacing=1, rowspacing=0)

2. Add Data

table.add_row(("Name", "Age", "Sex"))
table.add_row(("Wesley", 40, "M"))
table.add_row(("Ashley", 22, "F"))
table.add_row(("Lesley", 18, "M"))
table.add_column(("Married", True, False, False))

3. Print the Table

print(table)

Table Operations

Method	Description
add_row(entries)	Add a row
add_column(entries)	Add a column
insert_row(index, entries)	Insert a row at a position
insert_column(index, entries)	Insert a column at a position
remove_row(index)	Remove a row
remove_column(index)	Remove a column
swap_rows(index1, index2)	Swap two rows
swap_columns(index1, index2)	Swap two columns
sort_rows(key, start=0, reverse=False)	Sort rows by column key
sort_columns(key, start=0, reverse=False)	Sort columns by row key
find(value)	Highlight matching values
replace(old, new)	Replace values
clear()	Remove all rows & columns

Styling & Customization

Each element (table, row, column, cell) supports properties similar to CSS:

Property	Attribute	Type	Description
background	color	str / None	Background color
border	style	str / None	Border style
	color	str / None	Border color
font	style	str / None	Font style
	color	str / None	Font color
margin	left	int	Margin to the left
	right	int	Margin to the right
	top	int	Margin to the top
	bottom	int	Margin to the bottom
	inline	tuple	Margin to the left & right
	block	tuple	Margin to the top & bottom
padding	left	int	Padding to the left
	right	int	Padding to the right
	top	int	Padding to the top
	bottom	int	Padding to the bottom
	inline	tuple	Padding to the left & right
	block	tuple	Padding to the top & bottom
text	justify	str	Horizontal alignment
	align	str	Vertical alignment
	wrap	bool	Whether to wrap
	visible	bool	Whether to show
	reverse	bool	Whether to reverse direction
	letter_spacing	int	Spaces between letters
	word_spacing	int	Spaces between words

General Syntax: element.property.attribute = value

Example

Tip: A table behaves like a list of rows, and a row behaves like a list of cells—both support indexing, slicing, and iteration.

table.border.style = "single"
table[0].font.style = "bold"
for row in table[1:]:
    row.border.top.style = "single"
    row[1].text.justify = "center"
    row[2].text.justify = "center"

Explore Tabling Templates for ready-made table styles.

File I/O

Tabling supports multiple file formats via the tabling.io module.

Supported Formats

• CSV, TSV, JSON, HTML, Markdown, Plain text, XLSX, SQLite

Export Example

from tabling import Table
from tabling.io import csv, tsv, json, html, md, txt, xlsx, sqlite

table = Table(colspacing=1, rowspacing=0)
# Add Data & customize...

csv.dump(table, "table.csv")
tsv.dump(table, "table.tsv")
json.dump(table, "table.json")
html.dump(table, "table.html")
md.dump(table, "table.md")
txt.dump(table, "table.txt")
xlsx.dump(table, "table.xlsx")
sqlite.dump(table, "table.db", "title")

Import Example

from tabling import Table
from tabling.io import csv, tsv, json, html, md, xlsx, sqlite

table = Table(colspacing=1, rowspacing=0)

csv.load(table, "table.csv")
tsv.load(table, "table.tsv")
json.load(table, "table.json")
html.load(table, "table.html")
md.load(table, "table.md")
xlsx.load(table, "table.xlsx")
sqlite.load(table, "table.db", "title")

Contributing

Contributions, suggestions, and issues are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE for full details.