This simple script is intended to ease writing tables in LaTeX. Given a table file, the script prints out the corresponding LaTeX tabular environment containing the data.
The script can be executed in two different ways: directly from the command line or as a python function which can be imported by other programs/scripts or inside a Python shell. In any case, the script works using three arguments:
- The file name or path.
- Separator between elements of a row.
- Whether or not the row names are included in the printing.
The script can be called as a normal Python script followed by the file name or path as:
$ python latex_table_printer.py [FILE] [OPTIONS]-
Options:
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-s, --sep
If passed, the program requires the user to input the separator, otherwise tab is assumed by default.
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-r, --rownames
If passed, the row names (first column) is ommited when printing the table.
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From a Python shell or inside another Python script, import the module and calling the corresponding function with the desired arguments:
from latex_table_printer import *
print_latex_table(filename, sep = '\t', rownames = True)-
Arguments:
-
filename [str]
The file name or path where the data is stored. It is supposed that each line corresponds to a row of the table.
-
sep [str]
Optional,
'\t'(tab) by default. Separator between entries/cells of the table. For instance, if the file is in .csv format, the separator should be a comma (','). -
rownames [bool]
Optional,
Trueby default. Determines if the first column (typically, where the row names are) of the table should be included.
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The file example.csv contains the following table in .csv format:
| x | y | |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 2 |
| B | 3 | 4 |
| C | 5 | 6 |
If the user runs the script on this file, should obtain the following:
$ python latex_table_printer.py example.csv -s
Specify the separator character: ,
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline
&x&y\\
\hline
A&1&2\\
\hline
B&3&4\\
\hline
C&5&6\\
\hline
\end{tabular}