Allow columns to accept a string for relative area about tabula-py HOT 5 CLOSED

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tabula-py has the relative_area option. See document:
https://tabula-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tabula.html#tabula.io.read_pdf

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Thank you for the response. I see that parameter. But, even when set to True, the columns parameter does not work with relative positions. For example, read_pdf(file, relative_area=True, columns=[30, 80, 95]), uses points 30, 80, 95 and not relative area percentages.

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Ah, understood. You mention about column, not area. That's valid request not supported yet.

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Sure thing. Thank you for making this package! I plan on releasing a short blog post on it next week.

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