boltons_chunk_slugify_and_table_display_demo.py

1from boltons.iterutils import chunked
2from boltons.strutils import slugify
3from boltons.tableutils import Table
4
5# Sample data: A list of names
6names = ['Mahmoud Hashemi', 'Kurt Rose', 'Mark Williams', 'Chris Armstrong']
7
8# 1. Use chunked to group the names into pairs
9pairs = chunked(names, 2)
10
11# 2. Use slugify to create URL-friendly versions of the names
12data = []
13for pair in pairs:
14    row = [(name, slugify(name)) for name in pair]
15    # Flatten the row for the table
16    data.append([item for sublist in row for item in sublist])
17
18# 3. Use Table to format the output
19headers = ['Name 1', 'Slug 1', 'Name 2', 'Slug 2']
20table = Table(data, headers=headers)
21
22print(table.to_text())