CLI Tables

This is a simple Rust library for generating ASCII tables in a CLI application. The Table struct takes in a Vec<Vec<String>> of data and generates an ASCII table from it.

Usage

1. Add cli-tables to your Cargo.toml file:

rust [dependencies] cli-tables = "0.1.0" 2. Import the Table struct:

rust use cli_tables::Table;

1. Create a Vec<Vec<String>> of data that you want to display in a table:

rust let table_arr: Vec<Vec<String>> = vec![ vec!["#".to_string(), "First Name".to_string(), "Last Name".to_string(), "Date of Birth".to_string(), "TV Show".to_string()], vec!["0".to_string(), "Pedro".to_string(), "Pascal".to_string(), "1996-07-28".to_string(), "The Last of Us".to_string()], vec!["1".to_string(), "Belle".to_string(), "Ramsey".to_string(), "1991-09-17".to_string(), "The Last of Us".to_string()], vec!["3".to_string(), "Scott".to_string(), "Shepherd".to_string(), "1990-04-20".to_string(), "The Last of Us".to_string()], vec!["4".to_string(), "Nick".to_string(), "Offerman".to_string(), "1970-06-26".to_string(), "The Last of Us".to_string()] ];

1. Create a Table struct from the data:

rust let mut table = Table::new(&table_arr);

1. Generate the ASCII table as a string using the to_string() method:

rust let table_str = table.to_string();

1. Print the table string to the console:

rust println!("{}", table_str);

1. The table will look like this:

+---+------------+-----------+---------------+----------------+ | # | First Name | Last Name | Date of Birth | TV Show | +---+------------+-----------+---------------+----------------+ | 0 | Pedro | Pascal | 1996-07-28 | The Last of Us | | 1 | Belle | Ramsey | 1991-09-17 | The Last of Us | | 3 | Scott | Shepherd | 1990-04-20 | The Last of Us | | 4 | Nick | Offerman | 1970-06-26 | The Last of Us | +---+------------+-----------+---------------+----------------+