Change width of specific columns using col_space param in df.to_html

[SRIRAM777]

DataFrame.to_html col_space parameter to change width of a specific column only

• closes DataFrame.to_html col_space parameter to change width of a specific column only #28917
• tests added / passed
• passes black pandas
• passes git diff upstream/master -u -- "*.py" | flake8 --diff
• whatsnew entry

[pep8speaks]

Hello @SRIRAM777! Thanks for opening this PR. We checked the lines you've touched for PEP 8 issues, and found:

• In the file pandas/io/formats/html.py:

Line 128:89: E501 line too long (99 > 88 characters)
Line 130:89: E501 line too long (92 > 88 characters)

[simonjayhawkins]

@SRIRAM777 there is already a PR for this, see #28929.

[SRIRAM777]

@SRIRAM777 there is already a PR for this, see #28929.

Hi @simonjayhawkins Since you had requested to avoid the usage of an additional argument in that PR, I thought of utilizing the existing argument col_space to accept dict values like {'col1':25,'col2':50} to handle column width for specific columns. I'm new to open source contribution. Am I not supposed to raise another PR when there's already one?

[simonjayhawkins]

we don't encourage competing PRs. The other PR is not stale. The OP is awaiting some clarification on the requirements. If you could review that PR and make suggestions, that'll be great.

[SRIRAM777]

we don't encourage competing PRs. The other PR is not stale. The OP is awaiting some clarification on the requirements. If you could review that PR and make suggestions, that'll be great.

@simonjayhawkins Sorry about that. So, should I close this one?

[simonjayhawkins]

So, should I close this one?

for now, that's probably best.

Thanks for taking the time to look into this.