TableCollection class

TableCollection class

Provides typed access to a collection of Table nodes. To learn more, visit the Working with Tables documentation article.

Inheritance: TableCollection → NodeCollection

Indexers

Name	Description
__getitem__(index)	Retrieves a Table at the given index.

Properties

Name	Description
count	Gets the number of nodes in the collection. (Inherited from NodeCollection)

Methods

Name	Description
add(node)	Adds a node to the end of the collection. (Inherited from NodeCollection)
clear()	Removes all nodes from this collection and from the document. (Inherited from NodeCollection)
contains(node)	Determines whether a node is in the collection. (Inherited from NodeCollection)
index_of(node)	Returns the zero-based index of the specified node. (Inherited from NodeCollection)
insert(index, node)	Inserts a node into the collection at the specified index. (Inherited from NodeCollection)
remove(node)	Removes the node from the collection and from the document. (Inherited from NodeCollection)
remove_at(index)	Removes the node at the specified index from the collection and from the document. (Inherited from NodeCollection)
to_array()	Copies all tables from the collection to a new array of tables.

Examples

Shows how to remove the first and last rows of all tables in a document.

doc = aw.Document(MY_DIR + 'Tables.docx')
tables = doc.first_section.body.tables
self.assertEqual(5, tables[0].rows.count)
self.assertEqual(4, tables[1].rows.count)
for table in tables:
    table = table.as_table()
    if table.first_row is not None:
        table.first_row.remove()
    if table.last_row is not None:
        table.last_row.remove()
self.assertEqual(3, tables[0].rows.count)
self.assertEqual(2, tables[1].rows.count)

Shows how to find out if a tables are nested.

def calculate_depth_of_nested_tables():
    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 = 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 = 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)')

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

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

See Also

• module aspose.words.tables
• class NodeCollection