How to Configure MonoTable

Override class vars in subclass

Create a subclass of MonoTable and override one or more MonoTable Class Variables

import monotable

class SeparatedMonoTable(monotable.MonoTable):
   guideline_chars = '-=-'
   separated_guidelines = True

headings = ['an int', 'string', 'another int', 'another string']
tbl = SeparatedMonoTable()

cells = [[123, 'import', 4567, 'this']]

print(tbl.table(headings, [], cells, title='Subclass of MonoTable.'))

           Subclass of MonoTable.
------  ------  -----------  --------------
an int  string  another int  another string
======  ======  ===========  ==============
   123  import         4567  this
------  ------  -----------  --------------

Assign to class var names

Assign to one or more MonoTable Class Variables on an instance.

This creates an instance variable that overrides the class variable with an instance variable of the same name.

import monotable

headings = ['an int', 'string', 'another int', 'another string']
tbl = monotable.MonoTable()
tbl.guideline_chars = '-=-'
tbl.separated_guidelines = True

cells = [[123, 'import', 4567, 'this']]

print(tbl.table(headings, [], cells, title='Override on an instance.'))

          Override on an instance.
------  ------  -----------  --------------
an int  string  another int  another string
======  ======  ===========  ==============
   123  import         4567  this
------  ------  -----------  --------------

Note

Double check the spelling of the class variable. A misspelled variable name will be silently ignored.

These techniques work because:

• None of the instance variables assigned by __init__() depend on the value of any other class or instance variable.
• MonoTable member functions, except __init__(), do not modify any class or instance variables.