ubelt/util_str.py
def hzcat(args, sep=''):
    """
    Horizontally concatenates strings preserving indentation

    Concatenates a list of objects ensuring that the next item in the list is
    all the way to the right of any previous items.

    Args:
        args (List[str]): strings to concatenate
        sep (str): separator (defaults to '')

    CommandLine:
        python -m ubelt.util_str hzcat

    Example1:
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> B = ub.repr2([[1, 2], [3, 457]], nl=1, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> C = ub.repr2([[5, 6], [7, 8]], nl=1, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> args = ['A = ', B, ' * ', C]
        >>> print(ub.hzcat(args))
        A = [[1, 2],   * [[5, 6],
             [3, 457]]    [7, 8]]

    Example2:
        >>> from ubelt.util_str import *
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> import unicodedata
        >>> aa = unicodedata.normalize('NFD', 'á')  # a unicode char with len2
        >>> B = ub.repr2([['θ', aa], [aa, aa, aa]], nl=1, si=True, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> C = ub.repr2([[5, 6], [7, 'θ']], nl=1, si=True, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> args = ['A', '=', B, '*', C]
        >>> print(ub.hzcat(args, sep='｜'))
        A｜=｜[[θ, á],   ｜*｜[[5, 6],
         ｜ ｜ [á, á, á]]｜ ｜ [7, θ]]
    """
    import unicodedata
    if '\n' in sep or '\r' in sep:
        raise ValueError('`sep` cannot contain newline characters')

    # TODO: ensure unicode data works correctly for python2
    args = [unicodedata.normalize('NFC', ensure_unicode(val)) for val in args]
    arglines = [a.split('\n') for a in args]
    height = max(map(len, arglines))
    # Do vertical padding
    arglines = [lines + [''] * (height - len(lines)) for lines in arglines]
    # Initialize output
    all_lines = ['' for _ in range(height)]
    width = 0
    n_args = len(args)
    for sx, lines in enumerate(arglines):
        # Concatenate the new string
        for lx, line in enumerate(lines):
            all_lines[lx] += line
        # Find the new maximum horizontal width
        width = max(width, max(map(len, all_lines)))
        if sx < n_args - 1:
            # Horizontal padding on all but last iter
            for lx, line in list(enumerate(all_lines)):
                residual = width - len(line)
                all_lines[lx] = line + (' ' * residual) + sep
            width += len(sep)
    # Clean up trailing whitespace
    all_lines = [line.rstrip(' ') for line in all_lines]
    ret = '\n'.join(all_lines)
    return ret
def hzcat(args, sep=''):
    """
    Horizontally concatenates strings preserving indentation

    Concatenates a list of objects ensuring that the next item in the list is
    all the way to the right of any previous items.

    Args:
        args (List[str]): strings to concatenate
        sep (str): separator (defaults to '')

    CommandLine:
        python -m ubelt.util_str hzcat

    Example1:
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> B = ub.repr2([[1, 2], [3, 457]], nl=1, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> C = ub.repr2([[5, 6], [7, 8]], nl=1, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> args = ['A = ', B, ' * ', C]
        >>> print(ub.hzcat(args))
        A = [[1, 2],   * [[5, 6],
             [3, 457]]    [7, 8]]

    Example2:
        >>> from ubelt.util_str import *
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> import unicodedata
        >>> aa = unicodedata.normalize('NFD', 'á')  # a unicode char with len2
        >>> B = ub.repr2([['θ', aa], [aa, aa, aa]], nl=1, si=True, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> C = ub.repr2([[5, 6], [7, 'θ']], nl=1, si=True, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> args = ['A', '=', B, '*', C]
        >>> print(ub.hzcat(args, sep='｜'))
        A｜=｜[[θ, á],   ｜*｜[[5, 6],
         ｜ ｜ [á, á, á]]｜ ｜ [7, θ]]
    """
    import unicodedata
    if '\n' in sep or '\r' in sep:
        raise ValueError('`sep` cannot contain newline characters')

    # TODO: ensure unicode data works correctly for python2
    args = [unicodedata.normalize('NFC', ensure_unicode(val)) for val in args]
    arglines = [a.split('\n') for a in args]
    height = max(map(len, arglines))
    # Do vertical padding
    arglines = [lines + [''] * (height - len(lines)) for lines in arglines]
    # Initialize output
    all_lines = ['' for _ in range(height)]
    width = 0
    n_args = len(args)
    for sx, lines in enumerate(arglines):
        # Concatenate the new string
        for lx, line in enumerate(lines):
            all_lines[lx] += line
        # Find the new maximum horizontal width
        width = max(width, max(map(len, all_lines)))
        if sx < n_args - 1:
            # Horizontal padding on all but last iter
            for lx, line in list(enumerate(all_lines)):
                residual = width - len(line)
                all_lines[lx] = line + (' ' * residual) + sep
            width += len(sep)
    # Clean up trailing whitespace
    all_lines = [line.rstrip(' ') for line in all_lines]
    ret = '\n'.join(all_lines)
    return ret
def hzcat ( args , sep = '' ) : import unicodedata if '\n' in sep or '\r' in sep : raise ValueError ( '`sep` cannot contain newline characters' ) # TODO: ensure unicode data works correctly for python2 args = [ unicodedata . normalize ( 'NFC' , ensure_unicode ( val ) ) for val in args ] arglines = [ a . split ( '\n' ) for a in args ] height = max ( map ( len , arglines ) ) # Do vertical padding arglines = [ lines + [ '' ] * ( height - len ( lines ) ) for lines in arglines ] # Initialize output all_lines = [ '' for _ in range ( height ) ] width = 0 n_args = len ( args ) for sx , lines in enumerate ( arglines ) : # Concatenate the new string for lx , line in enumerate ( lines ) : all_lines [ lx ] += line # Find the new maximum horizontal width width = max ( width , max ( map ( len , all_lines ) ) ) if sx < n_args - 1 : # Horizontal padding on all but last iter for lx , line in list ( enumerate ( all_lines ) ) : residual = width - len ( line ) all_lines [ lx ] = line + ( ' ' * residual ) + sep width += len ( sep ) # Clean up trailing whitespace all_lines = [ line . rstrip ( ' ' ) for line in all_lines ] ret = '\n' . join ( all_lines ) return ret
Horizontally concatenates strings preserving indentation

    Concatenates a list of objects ensuring that the next item in the list is
    all the way to the right of any previous items.

    Args:
        args (List[str]): strings to concatenate
        sep (str): separator (defaults to '')

    CommandLine:
        python -m ubelt.util_str hzcat

    Example1:
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> B = ub.repr2([[1, 2], [3, 457]], nl=1, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> C = ub.repr2([[5, 6], [7, 8]], nl=1, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> args = ['A = ', B, ' * ', C]
        >>> print(ub.hzcat(args))
        A = [[1, 2],   * [[5, 6],
             [3, 457]]    [7, 8]]

    Example2:
        >>> from ubelt.util_str import *
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> import unicodedata
        >>> aa = unicodedata.normalize('NFD', 'á')  # a unicode char with len2
        >>> B = ub.repr2([['θ', aa], [aa, aa, aa]], nl=1, si=True, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> C = ub.repr2([[5, 6], [7, 'θ']], nl=1, si=True, cbr=True, trailsep=False)
        >>> args = ['A', '=', B, '*', C]
        >>> print(ub.hzcat(args, sep='｜'))
        A｜=｜[[θ, á],   ｜*｜[[5, 6],
         ｜ ｜ [á, á, á]]｜ ｜ [7, θ]]
Horizontally concatenates strings preserving indentation