latextable
Texttable is a Python package that can create simple ASCII tables. This package extends its functionality to allow the table to be directly output in Latex, removing the tedious copy and paste chore. The Latex output matches the table design, and there are utilities for adding table captions and labels.
Features
- Draw a table object in a Latex format.
- Matches table decoration (border, header, hlines, vlines).
- Applies horizontal column alignment.
- Allows the user to drop certain columns from the output.
- Provides the ability to add a caption and reference label to the Latex output.
- The output is correctly indented for directly copying into Latex.
Installation
PyPi:
pip install latextable
Requirements:
texttable
Usage
The single function latextable.draw_latex returns a formatted Latex string based on the provided table.
draw_latex(table, caption=None, label=None, drop_columns=None)
table: Texttable table to be rendered in Latex.
caption: A string that adds a caption to the Latex formatting.
label: A string that adds a referencing label to the Latex formatting.
drop_columns: A list of column names that won't be in the Latex output.
Each column name must be in the table header.
return: The formatted Latex table returned as a single string.
Examples
These examples use the existing tables provided in the Texttable docs.
Usage:
table = Texttable()
table.set_cols_align(["l", "r", "c"])
table.set_cols_valign(["t", "m", "b"])
table.add_rows([["Name", "Age", "Nickname"],
["Mr\nXavier\nHuon", 32, "Xav'"],
["Mr\nBaptiste\nClement", 1, "Baby"],
["Mme\nLouise\nBourgeau", 28, "Lou\n \nLoue"]])
print(table.draw() + "\n")
print(latextable.draw_latex(table, caption="An example table.") + "\n")
table = Texttable()
table.set_deco(Texttable.HEADER)
table.set_cols_dtype(['t', # text
'f', # float (decimal)
'e', # float (exponent)
'i', # integer
'a']) # automatic
table.set_cols_align(["l", "r", "r", "r", "l"])
table.add_rows([["text", "float", "exp", "int", "auto"],
["abcd", "67", 654, 89, 128.001],
["efghijk", 67.5434, .654, 89.6, 12800000000000000000000.00023],
["lmn", 5e-78, 5e-78, 89.4, .000000000000128],
["opqrstu", .023, 5e+78, 92., 12800000000000000000000]])
print(table.draw() + "\n")
print(latextable.draw_latex(table, caption="Another table.", label="table:another_table") + "\n")
print(latextable.draw_latex(table, caption="A table with dropped columns.", label="table:dropped_column_table", drop_columns=['exp', 'int']))
Latex output:
\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|l|r|c|}
\hline
Name & Age & Nickname \\
\hline
MrXavierHuon & 32 & Xav' \\
\hline
MrBaptisteClement & 1 & Baby \\
\hline
MmeLouiseBourgeau & 28 & Lou Loue \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption{An example table.}
\label{table:example_table}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{l r r r l}
text & float & exp & int & auto \\
\hline
abcd & 67.000 & 6.540e+02 & 89 & 128.001 \\
efghijk & 67.543 & 6.540e-01 & 90 & 1.280e+22 \\
lmn & 0.000 & 5.000e-78 & 89 & 0.000 \\
opqrstu & 0.023 & 5.000e+78 & 92 & 1.280e+22 \\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption{Another table.}
\label{table:another_table}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{l r r r l}
text & float & auto \\
\hline
abcd & 67.000 & 128.001 \\
efghijk & 67.543 & 1.280e+22 \\
lmn & 0.000 & 0.000 \\
opqrstu & 0.023 & 1.280e+22 \\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption{A table with dropped columns.}
\label{table:dropped_column_table}
\end{table}
Release History
- 0.1.1
- Minor changes to documentation.
- 0.1.0
- Initial Release
Meta
Joseph Early
@JosephAEarly
joseph.early.ai@gmail.com
Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.