Complicated example

These python commands setup the table:

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import pyRestTable
t = pyRestTable.Table()
t.addLabel('Name\nand\nAttributes')
t.addLabel('Type')
t.addLabel('Units')
t.addLabel('Description\n(and Occurrences)')
t.addRow( ['one,\ntwo', "buckle my", "shoe.\n\n\nthree,\nfour", "..."] )
t.addRow( ['class', 'NX_FLOAT', '', None, ] )
t.addRow( range(0,4) )
t.addRow( [None, {'a': 1, 'b': 'dreamy'}, 1.234, range(3)] )
t.setLongtable()
t.setTabularColumns(True, 'l L c r'.split())

Here, we assert more control over the table format using setLongtable() and setTabularColumns() configuration options.

Format: print(t.reST(fmt=’simple’))

this reST code:

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.. tabularcolumns:: |l|L|c|r|
    :longtable:

========== ======================= ====== =================
Name       Type                    Units  Description
and                                       (and Occurrences)
Attributes
========== ======================= ====== =================
one,       buckle my               shoe.  ...
two

                                   three,
                                   four
class      NX_FLOAT                       None
0          1                       2      3
None       {'a': 1, 'b': 'dreamy'} 1.234  [0, 1, 2]
========== ======================= ====== =================

is rendered as:

Name Type Units Description
and     (and Occurrences)
Attributes      
one, buckle my shoe.
two   three, four  
class NX_FLOAT   None
0 1 2 3
None {‘a’: 1, ‘b’: ‘dreamy’} 1.234 [0, 1, 2]

Format: print(t.reST(fmt=’grid’))

this reST code:

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.. tabularcolumns:: |l|L|c|r|
    :longtable:

+------------+-------------------------+--------+-------------------+
| Name       | Type                    | Units  | Description       |
| and        |                         |        | (and Occurrences) |
| Attributes |                         |        |                   |
+============+=========================+========+===================+
| one,       | buckle my               | shoe.  | ...               |
| two        |                         |        |                   |
|            |                         |        |                   |
|            |                         | three, |                   |
|            |                         | four   |                   |
+------------+-------------------------+--------+-------------------+
| class      | NX_FLOAT                |        | None              |
+------------+-------------------------+--------+-------------------+
| 0          | 1                       | 2      | 3                 |
+------------+-------------------------+--------+-------------------+
| None       | {'a': 1, 'b': 'dreamy'} | 1.234  | [0, 1, 2]         |
+------------+-------------------------+--------+-------------------+

is rendered as:

Name and Attributes Type Units Description (and Occurrences)
one, two buckle my

shoe.

three, four

class NX_FLOAT   None
0 1 2 3
None {‘a’: 1, ‘b’: ‘dreamy’} 1.234 [0, 1, 2]

Format: print(t.reST(fmt=’list-table’))

this reST code:

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.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1
   :widths: 10 23 6 17

   * - Name
       and
       Attributes
     - Type
     - Units
     - Description
       (and Occurrences)
   * - one,
       two
     - buckle my
     - shoe.


       three,
       four
     - ...
   * - class
     - NX_FLOAT
     -
     -
   * - 0
     - 1
     - 2
     - 3
   * - None
     - {'a': 1, 'b': 'dreamy'}
     - 1.234
     - [0, 1, 2]

is rendered as:

Name and Attributes Type Units Description (and Occurrences)
one, two buckle my

shoe.

three, four

class NX_FLOAT    
0 1 2 3
None {‘a’: 1, ‘b’: ‘dreamy’} 1.234 [0, 1, 2]