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[docs]def create_rest_table(data, headers):
"""
Create a ReST table from data. The data should be a list of columns and the
headers should be a list of column names.
:param list data: List of lists/tuples representing the columns
:param list headers: List of strings for the column names
:returns: a string representing the table in ReST
:rtype: str
"""
# Data should be a list of columns
if len(data) != len(headers):
raise ValueError('Number of columns should match the number of header values')
# Get size of strings per column
sizes = [max(len(x) for x in col) for col in data]
sizes = [max(s, len(h)) for s, h in zip(sizes, headers)]
table_line = ' '.join('=' * s for s in sizes)
format_base = ' '.join('{{line[{}]:<{}}}'.format(n, s) for n, s in enumerate(sizes))
table = [
table_line,
format_base.format(line=headers),
table_line
]
# Iterate transposed data
table.extend(format_base.format(line=line) for line in zip(*data))
table.append(table_line)
return '\n'.join(table)