tables property

Cell.tables property

Gets a collection of tables that are immediate children of the cell.

@property
def tables(self) -> aspose.words.tables.TableCollection:
    ...

Examples

Shows how to find out if a tables are nested.

def test_calculate_depth_of_nested_tables(self):

    doc = aw.Document(MY_DIR + "Nested tables.docx")
    tables = doc.get_child_nodes(aw.NodeType.TABLE, True)

    for i in range(tables.count):
        table = tables[i].as_table()

        # Find out if any cells in the table have other tables as children.
        count = self.get_child_table_count(table)
        print(f"Table #{i} has {count} tables directly within its cells")

        # Find out if the table is nested inside another table, and, if so, at what depth.
        table_depth = self.get_nested_depth_of_table(table)

        if table_depth > 0:
            print(f"Table #{i} is nested inside another table at depth of {table_depth}")
        else:
            print("Table #{i} is a non nested table (is not a child of another table)")

@staticmethod
def get_nested_depth_of_table(table: aw.tables.Table) -> int:
    """Calculates what level a table is nested inside other tables.

    :return: An integer indicating the nesting depth of the table (number of parent table nodes).
    """

    depth = 0
    parent = table.get_ancestor(table.node_type)

    while parent is not None:
        depth += 1
        parent = parent.get_ancestor(table.node_type)

    return depth

@staticmethod
def get_child_table_count(table: aw.tables.Table) -> int:
    """Determines if a table contains any immediate child table within its cells.

    Do not recursively traverse through those tables to check for further tables.

    :return: Returns True if at least one child cell contains a table.
             Returns False if no cells in the table contain a table.
    """

    child_table_count = 0

    for row in table.rows:
        row = row.as_row()

        for cell in row.cells:
            cell = cell.as_cell()

            child_tables = cell.tables

            if child_tables.count > 0:
                child_table_count += 1

    return child_table_count

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