python - Store tabular data in Class

Question

Is there any standard and pythonic way to store a small table (consisting of a few rows and a few columns) of constant values as a field in a my class definition?

I'm wondering if it is standard to define such a table of defaults in the class definition, or it is recommended to define it somewhere else.

In fact, depending on some user input, I want to use some row of this table as default value to instantiate my class.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65641330/store-tabular-data-in-class

Answer 1

You have many possibilities here, you can use multidimensional lists (list in lists) or numpy arrays (https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.array.html) or pandas dataframes (https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.html).

Pandas dataframe come along with a lot functionality for tabular data, so look at the documentation of them and consider if this fits for you.