def columnByColumn(self, columnList):
"""Given a list of columns, this will return a list of padded, evenly sized rows."""
tableDimensions = sizeGen(columnList)
columnNumber = tableDimensions[0]
rowNumber = tableDimensions[1][0]
print(rowNumber)
default = [self.default]
# In theory we could modify the existing list in place, but because
# of the strings used for column wide values, we need to create a new list (alternatively we could insert new lists in place).
newColList = []
# We need to pad any columns that are not the same size to be of the same size.
# To do this, we use the default value.
for column in columnList:
if isinstance(column, str):
# This is a column wide value so we create a list with only this value across the whole thing.
tempList = [column] * (rowNumber)
elif len(column) < rowNumber:
# This particular column is a bit on the small side, so we need to pad it.
tempList = column + default * (rowNumber - len(column))
else:
tempList = list(column)
newColList.append(tempList)
# Now we take our list of columns and turn it into a list of rows.
# http://stackoverflow.com/q/6473679
rowList = list(zip(*newColList))
return rowList
def rowByRow(self, rowList):
"""Given a list of rows, this will return a list of padded, evenly sized rows."""
tableDimensions = sizeGen(rowList)
rowNumber = tableDimensions[0]
columnNumber = tableDimensions[1][0]
default = [self.default]
newRowList = []
# We need to pad any rows that are not the same size to be of the same size.
# To do this, we use the default value.
for row in rowList:
if isinstance(row, str):
# This is a row wide value so we create a list with only this value across the whole thing.
tempList = [row] * (columnNumber)
elif len(row) < columnNumber:
# This particular row is a bit on the small side, so we need to pad it.
tempList = row + default * (columnNumber - len(row))
else:
tempList = list(row)
newRowList.append(tempList)
return newRowList