ENH: Corrects to_html print spacing GH4987

clham · jreback · commit ed45e6eeab43 · 2015-03-06T18:05:28.000-05:00
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.16.0.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.16.0.txt
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 .. _whatsnew_0160.bug_fixes:
 
+- Changed ``.to_html`` to remove leading/trailing spaces in table body (:issue:`4987`)
 - Fixed issue using ``read_csv`` on s3 with Python 3.
 - Fixed compatibility issue in ``DatetimeIndex`` affecting architectures where ``numpy.int_`` defaults to ``numpy.int32`` (:issue:`8943`)
 - Bug in Panel indexing with an object-like (:issue:`9140`)
diff --git a/pandas/core/format.py b/pandas/core/format.py
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ def _write_cell(self, s, kind='td', indent=0, tags=None):
             )
         else:
             esc = {}
-        rs = com.pprint_thing(s, escape_chars=esc)
+        rs = com.pprint_thing(s, escape_chars=esc).strip()
         self.write(
             '%s%s</%s>' % (start_tag, rs, kind), indent)
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_format.py b/pandas/tests/test_format.py

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ def _write_cell(self, s, kind='td', indent=0, tags=None):`
`819`	`819`	`)`
`820`	`820`	`else:`
`821`	`821`	`esc = {}`
`822`		`- rs = com.pprint_thing(s, escape_chars=esc)`
	`822`	`+ rs = com.pprint_thing(s, escape_chars=esc).strip()`
`823`	`823`	`self.write(`
`824`	`824`	`'%s%s</%s>' % (start_tag, rs, kind), indent)`
`825`	`825`