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-rw-r--r--src/rst_tables.py24
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diff --git a/src/rst_tables.py b/src/rst_tables.py
index 695d5bd..3fb8923 100644
--- a/src/rst_tables.py
+++ b/src/rst_tables.py
@@ -24,8 +24,32 @@ def get_table_bounds():
return (upper, lower)
+def join_rows(rows, sep='\n'):
+ """Given a list of rows (a list of lists) this function returns a
+ flattened list where each the individual columns of all rows are joined
+ together using the line separator.
+
+ """
+ output = []
+ for row in rows:
+ # grow output array, if necessary
+ if len(output) <= len(row):
+ for i in range(len(row) - len(output)):
+ output.extend([[]])
+
+ for i, field in enumerate(row):
+ field_text = field.strip()
+ if field_text:
+ output[i].append(field_text)
+ return map(lambda lines: sep.join(lines), output)
+
def unify_table(table):
+ """Given a list of rows (i.e. a table), this function returns a new table
+ in which all rows have an equal amount of columns. If all full column is
+ empty (i.e. all rows have that field empty), the column is removed.
+
+ """
max_fields = max(map(lambda row: len(row), table))
empty_cols = [True] * max_fields
output = []