col_space parameter in to_html and to_string for dataframe

[tejrai]

The col_space parameter in the to_html and to_string functions for dataframe doesn't seem to affect the output. Here's an example using to_html(). Note that the HTML code is identical across the two function calls.

Thanks,
Tej

output.to_html()

	nearby = 1	nearby = 2
CM_CL	K2	M2
FI_TY	M2	NaN

output.to_html(col_space = 2000)

	nearby = 1	nearby = 2
CM_CL	K2	M2
FI_TY	M2	NaN

[vincentarelbundock]

I can confirm that this bug also affects to_string(). Using pandas 0.8.1 I get this:

In [1]: import numpy as np

In [2]: import pandas as pd

In [3]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.random(size=(3,3)))

In [4]: print df.to_string(col_space=2)
          0         1         2
0  0.972671  0.735920  0.186650
1  0.092195  0.544714  0.750312
2  0.534684  0.685200  0.887377

In [5]: print df.to_string(col_space=5)
          0         1         2
0  0.972671  0.735920  0.186650
1  0.092195  0.544714  0.750312
2  0.534684  0.685200  0.887377

In [6]: print df.to_string(col_space=10)
          0         1         2
0  0.972671  0.735920  0.186650
1  0.092195  0.544714  0.750312
2  0.534684  0.685200  0.887377

[questglobal-bom]

Is it possible to set col_space for a specific column only?