def columnate(l, prefix):
"""Format elements of 'l' in columns with 'prefix' leading each line.
The number of columns is determined automatically based on the string
lengths.
"""
binary = isinstance(prefix, bytes)
nothing = b'' if binary else ''
nl = b'\n' if binary else '\n'
if not l:
return nothing
l = l[:]
clen = max(len(s) for s in l)
ncols = (tty_width() - len(prefix)) // (clen + 2)
if ncols <= 1:
ncols = 1
clen = 0
cols = []
while len(l) % ncols:
l.append(nothing)
rows = len(l) // ncols
for s in range(0, len(l), rows):
cols.append(l[s:s + rows])
out = nothing
fmt = b'%-*s' if binary else '%-*s'
for row in zip(*cols):
out += prefix + nothing.join((fmt % (clen + 2, s)) for s in row) + nl
return out
def columnate(l, prefix):
"""Format elements of 'l' in columns with 'prefix' leading each line.
The number of columns is determined automatically based on the string
lengths.
"""
if not l:
return ""
l = l[:]
clen = max(len(s) for s in l)
ncols = (tty_width() - len(prefix)) // (clen + 2)
if ncols <= 1:
ncols = 1
clen = 0
cols = []
while len(l) % ncols:
l.append('')
rows = len(l) // ncols
for s in compat.range(0, len(l), rows):
cols.append(l[s:s + rows])
out = ''
for row in zip(*cols):
out += prefix + ''.join(('%-*s' % (clen + 2, s)) for s in row) + '\n'
return out
def columnate(l, prefix):
"""Format elements of 'l' in columns with 'prefix' leading each line.
The number of columns is determined automatically based on the string
lengths.
"""
if not l:
return ""
l = l[:]
clen = max(len(s) for s in l)
ncols = (tty_width() - len(prefix)) // (clen + 2)
if ncols <= 1:
ncols = 1
clen = 0
cols = []
while len(l) % ncols:
l.append('')
rows = len(l) // ncols
for s in compat.range(0, len(l), rows):
cols.append(l[s:s+rows])
out = ''
for row in zip(*cols):
out += prefix + ''.join(('%-*s' % (clen+2, s)) for s in row) + '\n'
return out
