Can someone explain the 'with' notation?

[Barri05]

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So i have been using columns for my layouts, but i just realised i could add with notations to the columns. I am wondering, why is ‘with’ important? How is it different from using just columns?

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import streamlit as st
import pandas as pd

col1, col2, col3 = st.columns(3)

col1.write('# Column 1')
col2.write('# Column 2')
col3.write('# Column 3')


# When you want to add to a column:

# Option 1: Use a method on the column object (most of the same things you can 
# get using st.<method> in general)

col1.write('Line 2')
col1.dataframe(pd.DataFrame({'A':[1,2,3],'B':['a','b','c']}))
col1.code('import streamlit as st\n' \
          '\n' \
          'st.write(\'hello\')')

# Option 2: Use *with* and then indent all the things you are adding as you would
# with any conditional or loop. This allows you to skip putting the column name 
# in front of each line of code. It's personal taste and context that will determine
# which is stylistically preferable.

with col2:
    st.write('Say I want to do a lot of things in column 2 all at once. Maybe ' \
             'I\'ll just use `with` and indent those several lines of code.')
    st.slider('Choose',1,5,3)
    st.caption('Meow')

# You can mix and match using a method on the column option and using the with
# syntax.

with col3:
    st.write('Hi!')

col3.write('Hi, again!')

# And of course you can add on to any column at any time, so you can go back and
# append to col1 at the end if you want.

col1.write('P.S. One more thing')