Use PrettyTable from prettytable module to pretty print table in Python. There are several ways to print tables in python, namely:
- Using tabulate() function to print dict and lists
- texttable
- PrettyTable
Python pretty print table example
First, install a pretty table package then import module it into a project file.
from prettytable import PrettyTable
PTables = PrettyTable()
PTables = PrettyTable()
PTables.field_names = ["Selection No.", "Fruits", "Price"]
PTables.add_row(["0", "Apple", "1 $"])
PTables.add_row(["1", "Orange", "2.5 $"])
PTables.add_row(["2", "Grapes", "5 $"])
PTables.add_row(["3", "Cherry", "6 $"])
print(PTables)
Output:
![Python pretty print table](https://i0.wp.com/tutorial.eyehunts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Python-pretty-print-table.jpg?resize=451%2C286&ssl=1)
Read more PrettyTable: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PrettyTable
Another example
There are some light and useful python packages for this purpose:
tabulate
from tabulate import tabulate
print(tabulate([['Alice', 24], ['Bob', 19]], headers=['Name', 'Age']))
Name Age
------ -----
Alice 24
Bob 19
texttable
from texttable import Texttable
t = Texttable()
t.add_rows([['Name', 'Age'], ['Alice', 24], ['Bob', 19]])
print(t.draw())
+-------+-----+
| Name | Age |
+=======+=====+
| Alice | 24 |
+-------+-----+
| Bob | 19 |
+-------+-----+
Do comment if you have any doubts or suggestions on this Python print table topic.
Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)
Windows 10
Python 3.10.1
All Python Examples are in Python 3, so Maybe its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.