Print A List Of Tuples As Table

I have a list o tuples: list = [(element1, element2, element3), (elementelel4, element5, elementelement6), (el7, el8, elel9)] I want to print it as a table (so the distance betwee

Solution 1:

Using Format Specification Mini-Language

print"HEADER1       HEADER2    HEADER3"for ele1,ele2,ele3 in l:
    print"{:<14}{:<11}{}".format(ele1,ele2,ele3)

HEADER1       HEADER2    HEADER3
element1      element2   element3
elementelel4  element5   elementelement6
el7           el8        elel9

Solution 2:

You can use ljust for left-aligning the element within a fixed width

column_width=20
for row in list:             
    for el in row:         
        print el.ljust(column_width), 
    print

output

element1             element2             element3            
elementelel4         element5             elementelement6     
el7                  el8                  elel9  

Solution 3:

Assume that, all tuples in the list is of the same length, you can use this:

l = [('element1', 'element2', 'element3'), ('elementelel4', 'element5', 'elementelement6'), ('el7', 'el8', 'elel9')]
width = max(len(e) for t in l for e in t[:-1]) + 1format=('%%-%ds' % width) * len(l[0])
print'\n'.join(format % tuple(t) for t in l)

Output:

element1     element2     element3
elementelel4 element5     elementelement6
el7          el8          elel9

Solution 4:

Python 3 solution:

L = [('element1', 'element2', 'element3'),  
     ('elementelel4', 'element5', 'elementelement6'),  
     ('el7', 'el8', 'elel9')]

max_length_column = []
element_in_tuple = 3for i in range(elements_in_tuple):
    max_length_column.append(max(len(e[i])+2for e in L))    

for e in L:
    for i in range(element_in_tuple):
        print(e[i].ljust(max_length_column[i]), end='')
    print()

output:

element1      element2  element3         

elementelel4  element5  elementelement6  

el7           el8       elel9  

Solution 5:

Python3 very simple solution with tabs i.e. \t and f-string feature:

a = [(0.3, 0, 1.57),(0.3, 0, -1.57),(0.3, 0, 0.78)]
for q,w,e in a:
  print(f"{q}\t{w}\t{e}")

Output:

0.3     0       1.57    
0.3     0       -1.57   
0.3     0       0.78