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NAME

Table::Simple::Output - generates ASCII output for an Table::Simple object

DESCRIPTION

This class generates the ASCII table output for a Table::Simple object. The output functionality was split to make subclassing easier.

ATTRIBUTES

  • column_marker

    This attribute is the character to mark the beginning or end of a column. The default is ":"

  • horizontal_rule

    This attribute is the character to mark horizontal lines in the table. The default is "="

  • intersection_marker

    This attribute is the character marking the intersection between the column marker and a horizontal rule. The default is "+"

  • padding

    This attribute defines the amount of spaces to put around data rows. The default is 1 space.

  • table

    This attribute is required at construction time. It is the table to be output. It must be an object of type Table::Simple.

METHODS

  • center($text, $width)

    This method takes a text string and a width and centers the text in the width given. It returns the text string padded with spaces to put the text in the middle of the width.

  • left_justify($text, $width)

    This puts text against the left margin of a table cell, padded with spaces until it is the specified width.

  • right_justify($text, $width)

    This method puts text against the right margin of a table cell, padded with spaces until it is the specified width.

  • build_row_output( @array )

    This method returns a scalar string composed of the rows specified in the input @array.

  • build_column_name_output

    This method returns a string scalar composed of column names centered in the width for each column.

  • build_table_name_output

    This outputs the Table::Simple name attribute centered in its own row. It returns a string scalar.

  • build_table_output

    This method returns a string scalar composed of the table name row (if defined), column names, and all row values.

  • print_table

    This method outputs the string scalar from the build_table_output() method to standard out.

LICENSE

This is free software. You may modify and/or redistribute it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

Mark Allen <mrallen1@yahoo.com>

SEE ALSO

Moose, Table::Simple, Table::Simple::Output::Theory