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"""
Tables Extension for Python-Markdown
====================================
Added parsing of tables to Python-Markdown.
A simple example:
First Header | Second Header
------------- | -------------
Content Cell | Content Cell
Content Cell | Content Cell
Copyright 2009 - [Waylan Limberg](http://achinghead.com)
"""
import markdown
from markdown import etree
class TableProcessor(markdown.blockprocessors.BlockProcessor):
""" Process Tables. """
def test(self, parent, block):
rows = block.split('\n')
return (len(rows) > 2 and '|' in rows[0] and
'|' in rows[1] and '-' in rows[1] and
rows[1][0] in ['|', ':', '-'])
def run(self, parent, blocks):
""" Parse a table block and build table. """
block = blocks.pop(0).split('\n')
header = block[:2]
rows = block[2:]
# Get format type (bordered by pipes or not)
border = False
if header[0].startswith('|'):
border = True
# Get alignment of columns
align = []
for c in self._split_row(header[1], border):
if c.startswith(':') and c.endswith(':'):
align.append('center')
elif c.startswith(':'):
align.append('left')
elif c.endswith(':'):
align.append('right')
else:
align.append(None)
# Build table
table = etree.SubElement(parent, 'table')
thead = etree.SubElement(table, 'thead')
self._build_row(header[0], thead, align, border)
tbody = etree.SubElement(table, 'tbody')
for row in rows:
self._build_row(row, tbody, align, border)
def _build_row(self, row, parent, align, border):
""" Given a row of text, build table cells. """
tr = etree.SubElement(parent, 'tr')
tag = 'td'
if parent.tag == 'thead':
tag = 'th'
cells = self._split_row(row, border)
# We use align here rather than cells to ensure every row
# contains the same number of columns.
for i, a in enumerate(align):
c = etree.SubElement(tr, tag)
try:
c.text = cells[i].strip()
except IndexError:
c.text = ""
if a:
c.set('align', a)
def _split_row(self, row, border):
""" split a row of text into list of cells. """
if border:
if row.startswith('|'):
row = row[1:]
if row.endswith('|'):
row = row[:-1]
return row.split('|')
class TableExtension(markdown.Extension):
""" Add tables to Markdown. """
def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals):
""" Add an instance of TableProcessor to BlockParser. """
md.parser.blockprocessors.add('table',
TableProcessor(md.parser),
'<hashheader')
def makeExtension(configs={}):
return TableExtension(configs=configs)
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