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__print_tabular

dhondta/python-codext · src/codext/__init__.py:52

def __print_tabular(lst, space=4):
    try:
        cols, _ = os.get_terminal_size()
        # first, convert the list to a table that fits into the terminal
        i, line, w = 0, "", []
        while i < len(lst):
            x = lst[i]
            l = len(x)
            col = "%-{}s".format(l + space) % x
            i += 1
            w.append(l)
            if len(line) + len(col) > cols:
                break
            line += col
        while True:
            t = [lst[j:j+i] for j in range(0, len(lst), i)]
            w = [max(0 if j+k*i >= len(lst) else len(lst[j+k*i]) for k in range(len(t))) for j, _ in enumerate(w)]
            if sum(w) + space * len(w) >= cols:

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