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Feature-rich ASCII table generator
for Arturo

• What does this package do?
• How do I use it?
• Function Reference
• License

What does this package do?

This package includes a simple - but powerful - ASCII table generator, with all the (tabular) bells and whistles, bundled in an easy-to-use package for Arturo.

How do I use it?

Simply import it and use any of the provided helper functions; mainly, one: tabular.

Tip
The code below generates the exact same tables
you may see in the screenshot above^ 😉

import "tabular"!

; A simple table
print tabular [
    [1 2 3]
    [4 5 6]
]

; A table with header
print tabular.header:["Item" "Qty" "Price"][
    ["Apples"    5   2.99]
    ["Oranges"   10  3.49]
    ["Bananas"   8   1.99]
]

; A table with header and custom-aligned columns
print tabular
    .header:["Item" "Qty" "Price"] 
    .align:['left 'right 'right]
[
    ["Apples"  5  2.99]
    ["Oranges" 10 3.49]
    ["Bananas" 8  1.99]
]

; A Unicode-based table with custom-aligned columns
; and variable, user-defined paddings
print tabular.unicode
    .padding:[1 4 2]
    .align:['left 'center 'right] 
[
    ["narrow" "widest" "mid"]
    ["col1"   "col2"   "col3"]
]

Function reference

tabular

Description

Create a new ASCII table with given rows

Usage

tabular rows :block

Attributes

Returns

• :string

License

MIT License

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