Printing pretty tables with Python in ArcGIS

pprint_table_arcpy.py

# using the built-in Python modules
import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r'C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.5\TemplateData\TemplateData.gdb'
fc = r'USA\cities'
data = ['CITY_FIPS', 'CITY_NAME', 'STATE_FIPS', 'STATE_NAME', 'POP1990']
feats = [f for f in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc, field_names=data)][:10]

arcpy.AddMessage(" ")
row_format = u"{:>20}" * (len(data))
arcpy.AddMessage(row_format.format(*data))
for feat in feats:
    arcpy.AddMessage(row_format.format(*feat))
arcpy.AddMessage(" ")

# using 3rd party tabulate module
import arcpy
from tabulate import tabulate
arcpy.env.workspace = r'C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.5\TemplateData\TemplateData.gdb'
fc = r'USA\cities'
data = [['CITY_FIPS', 'CITY_NAME', 'STATE_FIPS', 'STATE_NAME', 'POP1990']]
feats = [f for f in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc, field_names=data[0])][:10]
data.extend(feats)

arcpy.AddMessage(" ")
arcpy.AddMessage(tabulate(data))
arcpy.AddMessage(" ")