How to modify this script?

[Kurt Hansen]

Den 06/01/13 13.58, chaouche yacine skrev:
> if len(columns) != 3:
>     colspan = 3 - len(columns) + 1
>     output += '<td colspan=%s>' % (colspan) + item + '</td> '
>
> I did not test. Use with caution.

I've tried to put it in several different places in the script, but with 
no luck; remember that I'm not experienced, so please tell me exactly 
where it's surposed to be inserted. Could you eventually show the 
complete modified script?

>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Kurt Hansen <kurt at ugyldig.invalid>
> *To:* python-list at python.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 6, 2013 1:42 PM
> *Subject:* How to modify this script?
>
> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/save-time-gedit-snippets:
>
> To convert tab-separated text lines into a HTML-table:
>
> $<
> lines = $GEDIT_SELECTED_TEXT.split("\n");
> output = '<table\>\n';
>
> for line in lines:
>      output += '<tr\>';
>
>      columns = line.split("\t");
>      for item in columns:
>          output += '<td\>' + item + '</td\> '
>
>      output += '</tr\>\n';
>
> output += '</table\>';
> return output
>  >
>
> I would like to make a small modification (I'm not a programmer myself).
> Let's say I have these lines:
>
> Price table
> 1 <tab> Green apple <tab> $1
> 5 <tab> Green apples <tab> $4
> 10 <tab> Green apples <tab> $7
>
> Since there's only one "field" in the first line, I want this output:
>
> <tr><td colspan="3">Price table</td></tr>
>
> - insted of
>
> <tr><td>Price table</td></tr>
>
> How to? Thank you i advance.
> -- Venlig hilsen
> Kurt Hansen
> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>
>


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Venlig hilsen
Kurt Hansen