d = { 'Adam': 95, 'Lisa': 85, 'Bart': 59 } def generate_tr(name, score): if score < 60: return '<tr><td>%s</td><td style="color:red">%s</td></tr>' % (name, score) return '<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>' % (name, score) tds = [generate_tr(name,score) for name, score in d.iteritems()] print '<table border="1">' print '<tr><th>Name</th><th>Score</th><tr>' print '\n'.join(tds) print '</table>'