return two lists into html table using tabulate in python

Question

I am new with html and I'm trying to display two lists into a table on the html page.

I can display the lists but can't get them to display as a nice table.

My code is:

from tabulate import tabulate 

def some_function(a, b, c)
    cols = ['Col 1', 'Col 2', 'Col3']
    vals = [a, b, c]
    table = [cols, vals]
    table = tabulate(table, tablefmt='html')
    return table
some_function(1.01, 1.03, 1.05)

This returns the following html code:

<table>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Col 1</td><td>Col 2</td><td>Col 3</td></tr>
<tr><td>1.01     </td><td>1.03      </td><td>1.05     </td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>

I am using Django so I can successfully return the html script to the website with my View but it doesn't read it as code, it appears as a string:

View:

 def post(self, request):
        form_c = CalculatorForm(request.POST, prefix='form_c')
        try:
            if form_c.is_valid():
                post = form_c.cleaned_data
                numbers = some_function(1.01, 1.03, 1.05)

        except:
            pass

        args = {
            'form_c': form_c, 'form_cols': numbers,
        }
        return render(request, self.template, args)

my html:

    <div class="container">
        {{ form_cols }} # <-- where I want my table
    </div>

@anandogc I want that html code snippet to work in the html argument ‘form_cols’ but it returns the snippet as a string not acting like code — d789w
– d789w, Commented Aug 2, 2020 at 3:53

anandogc · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-02 03:55:23Z

1

In the html write (assuming default template engine):

    <div class="container">
        {{ form_cols|safe }}
    </div>

answered Aug 2, 2020 at 3:55

anandogc

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