Data Report Formatter

A utility that formats data from various sources into readable table reports for command-line display.

Capabilities

Format employee data

• Given employee_data=[["Alice", "Engineering", 75000], ["Bob", "Sales", 65000]] without headers, format_employee_report returns a formatted table string @test
• Given employee_data=[["Alice", "Engineering", 75000]] with headers=["Name", "Department", "Salary"], format_employee_report returns a formatted table that includes the header row @test

Handle empty dataset

• Given an empty list [], format_employee_report returns an empty string "" @test

Format dictionary data

• Given product_data=[{"product": "Laptop", "quantity": 5, "price": 999.99}, {"product": "Mouse", "quantity": 20, "price": 29.99}], format_product_report returns a formatted table with column headers "product", "quantity", and "price" @test

Implementation

@generates

API

def format_employee_report(employee_data, headers=None):
    """
    Formats employee data into a readable table string.

    Args:
        employee_data: List of lists or list of dicts containing employee information
        headers: Optional list of column header names

    Returns:
        str: Formatted table as a string
    """
    pass

def format_product_report(product_data):
    """
    Formats product data from dictionaries into a readable table string.
    Uses dictionary keys as column headers.

    Args:
        product_data: List of dictionaries containing product information

    Returns:
        str: Formatted table as a string
    """
    pass

Dependencies { .dependencies }

tabulate { .dependency }

Provides table formatting functionality.