new, quick and dirty

src/scripts/python/tablatex.py

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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+#
+#   convert a table to latex.
+#       table should only have values, though # comment lines are converted to latex % lines
+#
+#   Test example:      tabgen  - 10 4  | ./tablatex.py
+
+import sys
+
+h1 = """
+%    this table has been generated by the tablatex.py converter, you will likely need to edit it
+\\begin{table}[!h]
+\\caption{YOUR CAPTION}
+\\smallskip
+\\begin{center}
+{\\small
+"""
+
+h2t = "\\begin{tabular}{%s}  %%l=left c=center r=right"
+
+h3 = """
+\\tableline
+\\noalign{\\smallskip}
+"""
+
+h4t = "%s\\\\"
+
+h5 = """
+\\noalign{\\smallskip}
+\\tableline
+\\noalign{\\smallskip}
+"""
+
+#   0.005 & 0.42-0.48 & 50\\
+
+h6 = """
+\\noalign{\\smallskip}
+\\tableline % Sometimes you just need a line between table rows
+\\end{tabular}
+}
+\\end{center}
+\\end{table}
+% end of generated table
+"""
+
+
+def readtable(file=sys.stdin):
+    """ gobble the file
+    """
+    if file is not sys.stdin:
+        fp = open(file,'r')
+    else:
+        fp = sys.stdin
+    lines = fp.readlines()
+    if file is not sys.stdin:
+        fp.close()
+    return lines
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+        lines = readtable()
+    else:
+        lines = []
+        for f in sys.argv[1:]:
+            lines = lines + readtable(f)
+
+    ncols = len(lines[0].split())
+    fmt = ""
+    col = ""
+    for i in range(ncols):
+        fmt = fmt + "l"
+        if i==0:
+            col = "col1 "
+        else:
+            col = col + "& col%d " % (i+1)
+
+    print(h1)
+    h2 = h2t % fmt
+    print(h2)
+    print(h3)
+    h4 = h4t % col
+    print(h4)
+    print(h5)
+    for line in lines:
+        if line[0] == '#':
+            print('% ',line)
+            continue
+        words = line.strip().split()
+        out = ""
+        for w in words:
+            if len(out)==0:
+                out = w
+            else:
+                out = out + " & " + w
+        out = out + "\\\\"
+        print(out)
+    print(h6)