content: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  """
  Common helper methods used in different submodules of pandas.io.formats
  """
  
  
  def get_level_lengths(levels, sentinel=''):
      """For each index in each level the function returns lengths of indexes.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      levels : list of lists
          List of values on for level.
      sentinel : string, optional
          Value which states that no new index starts on there.
  
      Returns
      ----------
      Returns list of maps. For each level returns map of indexes (key is index
      in row and value is length of index).
      """
      if len(levels) == 0:
          return []
  
      control = [True for x in levels[0]]
  
      result = []
      for level in levels:
          last_index = 0
  
          lengths = {}
          for i, key in enumerate(level):
              if control[i] and key == sentinel:
                  pass
              else:
                  control[i] = False
                  lengths[last_index] = i - last_index
                  last_index = i
  
          lengths[last_index] = len(level) - last_index
  
          result.append(lengths)
  
      return result
  