Pretty-print tabular data in Python, a library and a command-line utility
Pretty-print tabular data in Python, a library and a command-line utility.
The main use cases of the library are:
- printing small tables without hassle: just one function call, formatting is guided by the data itself
- authoring tabular data for lightweight plain-text markup: multiple output formats suitable for further editing or transformation
- readable presentation of mixed textual and numeric data: smart column alignment, configurable number formatting, alignment by a decimal point
Installation
To install the Python library and the command line utility, run:
pip install tabulate
The command line utility will be installed as tabulate to bin on Linux (e.g. /usr/bin); or as tabulate.exe to Scripts in your Python installation on Windows (e.g. C:Python27Scriptstabulate.exe).
You may consider installing the library only for the current