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adds new colwidth arg allowing fixed width cols #262

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31 changes: 24 additions & 7 deletions tabulate/__init__.py
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -1581,6 +1581,7 @@ def tabulate(
showindex="default",
disable_numparse=False,
colalign=None,
colwidth=None,
maxcolwidths=None,
rowalign=None,
maxheadercolwidths=None,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2041,7 +2042,8 @@ def tabulate(
longest element in that column. However, in situations where fields are expected
to reasonably be too long to look good as a single line, tabulate can help automate
word wrapping long fields for you. Use the parameter `maxcolwidth` to provide a
list of maximal column widths
list of maximal column widths. Alternatively, you can use `colwidth` to set a
a fixed width for each column. This parameter takes a list or a single int.

>>> print(tabulate( \
[('1', 'John Smith', \
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2070,11 +2072,21 @@ def tabulate(
)
list_of_lists, separating_lines = _remove_separating_lines(list_of_lists)

if maxcolwidths is not None:
if len(list_of_lists):
num_cols = len(list_of_lists[0])
if colwidth is not None:
len_of_longest_number_per_data_column = [max(map(lambda x: len(str(x)) if _isnumber(x) else 0, column))
for column in list(izip_longest(*list_of_lists))]
len_of_longest_number_per_header = [len(str(header)) if _isnumber(header) else 0 for header in headers]
len_of_longest_number_per_column = [max((i,j)) for i, j in zip(len_of_longest_number_per_data_column, len_of_longest_number_per_header)]
num_cols = len(list_of_lists[0])
len_of_longest_number_in_table = max(len_of_longest_number_per_column)
if isinstance(colwidth, int):
colwidth = [max(colwidth, len_of_longest_number_in_table) for _ in range(num_cols)]
else:
num_cols = 0
colwidth = [max((i, j)) for i, j in zip(colwidth, len_of_longest_number_per_column)]
maxcolwidths, maxheadercolwidths = colwidth, colwidth

if maxcolwidths is not None:
num_cols = len(list_of_lists[0])
if isinstance(maxcolwidths, int): # Expand scalar for all columns
maxcolwidths = _expand_iterable(maxcolwidths, num_cols, maxcolwidths)
else: # Ignore col width for any 'trailing' columns
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2179,7 +2191,6 @@ def tabulate(
cols, coltypes, float_formats, int_formats, missing_vals
)
]

# align columns
aligns = [numalign if ct in [int, float] else stralign for ct in coltypes]
if colalign is not None:
Expand All @@ -2189,11 +2200,12 @@ def tabulate(
minwidths = (
[width_fn(h) + min_padding for h in headers] if headers else [0] * len(cols)
)
if colwidth is not None:
minwidths = maxcolwidths
cols = [
_align_column(c, a, minw, has_invisible, enable_widechars, is_multiline)
for c, a, minw in zip(cols, aligns, minwidths)
]

if headers:
# align headers and add headers
t_cols = cols or [[""]] * len(headers)
Expand All @@ -2202,13 +2214,18 @@ def tabulate(
max(minw, max(width_fn(cl) for cl in c))
for minw, c in zip(minwidths, t_cols)
]
if colwidth is not None:
minwidths = maxcolwidths

headers = [
_align_header(h, a, minw, width_fn(h), is_multiline, width_fn)
for h, a, minw in zip(headers, t_aligns, minwidths)
]
rows = list(zip(*cols))
else:
minwidths = [max(width_fn(cl) for cl in c) for c in cols]
if colwidth is not None:
minwidths = maxcolwidths
rows = list(zip(*cols))

if not isinstance(tablefmt, TableFormat):
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