Prints tables generated with python-tabulate side by side

tabulate-tables-side-by-side

from tabulate import tabulate


def print_tables_side_by_side(*tables, spacing: int = 3):
    string_tables_split = [tabulate(t, headers="firstrow").splitlines() for t in tables]
    spacing_str = " " * spacing

    num_lines = max(map(len, string_tables_split))
    paddings = [max(map(len, s_lines)) for s_lines in string_tables_split]

    for i in range(num_lines):
        line_each_table = []
        for padding, table_lines in zip(paddings, string_tables_split):
            if len(table_lines) <= i:
                line_each_table.append(" " * (padding + spacing))
            else:
                line_table_string = table_lines[i]
                line_len = len(line_table_string)
                line_each_table.append(
                    line_table_string + (" " * (padding - line_len)) + spacing_str
                )

        final_line_string = "".join(line_each_table)
        print(final_line_string)