table-formatter 0.1.0

data/lib/table-formatter.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+
+class TableFormatter
+
+  attr_accessor :source, :labels
+  
+  def initialize()    
+  end
+  
+  def display
+    a = @source
+    labels = @labels
+    column_widths = fetch_column_widths(a)
+    records = format_rows(a.clone, column_widths)
+    div = '-' * records[0].length + "\n"
+    label_buffer = ''    
+    label_buffer = format_cols(labels, column_widths) + "\n" + div if labels
+    div + label_buffer + records.join("\n") + "\n" + div
+  end
+
+  private
+  
+  def tabulate(a)
+    a[0].zip(a.length > 2 ? tabulate(a[1..-1]) : a[-1])
+  end
+
+  def fetch_column_widths(a)
+    d = tabulate(a).map &:flatten
+
+    # find the maximum lengths
+    d.map{|x| x.max_by(&:length).length}
+  end
+
+  def format_cols(row, col_widths)
+    buffer = '|'
+    row.each_with_index do |col, i|
+      buffer += ' ' + col.ljust(col_widths[i] + 2) + '|'    
+    end
+    buffer
+  end
+
+  def format_rows(a, col_widths)
+    a.map {|row| format_cols(row, col_widths)}
+  end
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: table-formatter
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: []
+
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2010-05-02 00:00:00 +01:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: []
+
+description: 
+email: 
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+
+files: 
+- lib/table-formatter.rb
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: 
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.3.5
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: table-formatter prints a table in plain text format from an array
+test_files: []
+