Python - Printing a dictionary as a horizontal table with headers

Question

I have a dictionary:

import math
import random

d = {1: ["Spices", math.floor(random.gauss(40, 5))],
    2: ["Other stuff", math.floor(ran         


        

Answer 1

Based on Le Droid's code, I added separator '-' for each row which could make the print more clear. Thanks, Le Droid.

def printTable(myDict, colList=None):
    if not colList: 
        colList = list(myDict[0].keys() if myDict else [])
    myList = [colList] # 1st row = header
    for item in myDict: 
        myList.append([str(item[col] or '') for col in colList])
    #maximun size of the col for each element
    colSize = [max(map(len,col)) for col in zip(*myList)]
    #insert seperating line before every line, and extra one for ending. 
    for i in  range(0, len(myList)+1)[::-1]:
         myList.insert(i, ['-' * i for i in colSize])
    #two format for each content line and each seperating line
    formatStr = ' | '.join(["{{:<{}}}".format(i) for i in colSize])
    formatSep = '-+-'.join(["{{:<{}}}".format(i) for i in colSize])
    for item in myList: 
        if item[0][0] == '-':
            print(formatSep.format(*item))
        else:
            print(formatStr.format(*item))

Output:

-----------+----------+---------------
a          | bigtitle | c             
-----------+----------+---------------
123        | 456      | 789           
-----------+----------+---------------
x          | y        | z             
-----------+----------+---------------
2016-11-02 | 1.2      | 78912313213123
-----------+----------+---------------