Add __lt__ to Table to allow sorting

Refs atlanhq#277

camelot/core.py

@@ -329,6 +329,13 @@ def __init__(self, cols, rows):
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<{} shape={}>'.format(self.__class__.__name__, self.shape)
 
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        if self.page == other.page:
+            if self.order < other.order:
+                return True
+        if self.page < other.page:
+            return True
+
     @property
     def data(self):
         """Returns two-dimensional list of strings in table.

tests/test_common.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 
 import camelot
+from camelot.core import Table, TableList
 
 from .data import *
 
@@ -247,3 +248,28 @@ def test_arabic():
     filename = os.path.join(testdir, "tabula/arabic.pdf")
     tables = camelot.read_pdf(filename)
     assert df.equals(tables[0].df)
+
+
+def test_table_order():
+    def _mk_table(page, order):
+        t = Table([], [])
+        t.page = page
+        t.order = order
+        return t
+
+    table_list = TableList(
+        [_mk_table(2, 1), _mk_table(1, 1), _mk_table(3, 4), _mk_table(1, 2)]
+    )
+
+    assert [(t.page, t.order) for t in sorted(table_list)] == [
+        (1, 1),
+        (1, 2),
+        (2, 1),
+        (3, 4),
+    ]
+    assert [(t.page, t.order) for t in sorted(table_list, reverse=True)] == [
+        (3, 4),
+        (2, 1),
+        (1, 2),
+        (1, 1),
+    ]