Re: Pandoc Python filter + Table constructor

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

If you're using the pandocfilters library, I suggest you
check out the alternative library panflute, which is more
pythonic and easier to use.

+++ Nizamudheen Ahmed [Nov 04 17 08:34 ]:
>   Hi folks,
>   I am new to Pandoc. I am trying to write a filter using Python. I
>   wanted to create and return a "Table" as part of the filter function. I
>   understood that the Table constructor takes 5 arguments. But the
>   details of them (at least from the Python parlance) are not available.
>   My novice code to construct the Table looked like the following
>               tab_le = Table ([Str("This is the title of the table")], #
>   Table caption?
>                               ["left", "left"], # Alignment?
>                               [0.5, 0.5], # Relative width of the
>   columns?
>                               [Str("C1"), Str("C2")], #Column Header
>   name?
>                               [   # Table rows?
>                                  [Str("A1"), Str("B1")],
>                                  [Str("A2"), Str("B2")],
>                                  [Str("A3"), Str("B3")]
>                               ] );
>    With that code, i get the following error
>   >>>>
>   Error in $[373][0]: expected Object, encountered String
>   <<<<<
>   I am sure i am grossly off in the constructor. Can someone help me to
>   create Table?
>   Thanks and with best regards,
>   Nizam
>
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