Pandas recipe for better latex tables

pd_latex_table.py

def better_table(table, caption, name):
    
    start = r"""
\begin{{table}}[!htb]
\sisetup{{round-mode=places, round-precision=2}}
\caption{{{}}}\label{{table:{}}}
\centering
""".format(caption, name)
    
    end = r"\end{table}"
    numerical_format = r'\num{{{}}}'.format
    table_latex = table.to_latex(
        escape=False,
        column_format="@{{}} *{0}l @{{}}".format(table.shape[1] + 1),
        formatters={k: numerical_format for k in table.columns[table.dtypes != 'object']})
    
    
    return start + table_latex + end