From d22fe5ee3baeaf7bdf574c48a4a737fab1dc4a03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mecaneer23 <mecaneer23@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:39:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feature: iterate backward to get index of first trailing
 space of a given column

---
 src/md_to_py.py | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/md_to_py.py b/src/md_to_py.py
index 5be5b55..2311274 100644
--- a/src/md_to_py.py
+++ b/src/md_to_py.py
@@ -84,13 +84,19 @@ def _pad_columns(row: str, widths: tuple[int, ...] | int, delimiter: str = "|")
         widths = tuple(repeat(widths, column_count))
 
     count = 0
-    column = 0
+    column = -1
+    backward_count = 1
+    trailing_space_start = 0
     new_row = ""
 
     while count < len(row):
-        raise NotImplementedError("_pad_columns")
-        # - iterate backward to get index of first trailing
-        # space in this column
+        if row[count] == delimiter and count != 0:
+            while row[count - backward_count] == " ":
+                backward_count += 1
+            trailing_space_start = count - backward_count + 1
+            print(trailing_space_start)
+            backward_count = 1
+        count += 1
         # - add or remove trailing spaces based on that value
         # (and the value of widths for that column)
         # - because we shouldn't modify the arguments, add