NAME Text::Table::Sprintf - Generate simple text tables from 2D arrays using sprintf() VERSION This document describes version 0.007 of Text::Table::Sprintf (from Perl distribution Text-Table-Sprintf), released on 2023-11-11. SYNOPSIS use Text::Table::Sprintf; my $rows = [ # header row ['Name', 'Rank', 'Serial'], # rows ['alice', 'pvt', '123456'], ['bob', 'cpl', '98765321'], ['carol', 'brig gen', '8745'], ]; print Text::Table::Sprintf::table(rows => $rows, header_row => 1); DESCRIPTION This module provides a single function, "table", which formats a two-dimensional array of data as a simple text table. The example shown in the SYNOPSIS generates the following table: +-------+----------+----------+ | Name | Rank | Serial | +-------+----------+----------+ | alice | pvt | 123456 | | bob | cpl | 98765321 | | carol | brig gen | 8745 | +-------+----------+----------+ This module models its interface on Text::Table::Tiny 0.03, employs the same technique of using sprintf(), but takes the technique further by using a single large format and "sprintf" the whole table. This results in even more performance gain (see benchmark result or benchmark using Acme::CPANModules::TextTable). Caveats: make sure each row contains the same number of elements. Otherwise, the table will not be correctly formatted (cells might move to another row/column). DECLARED FEATURES Features declared by this module: From feature set TextTable Features from feature set TextTable declared by this module: * can_align_cell_containing_color_code Value: no. * can_align_cell_containing_newline Value: no. * can_align_cell_containing_wide_character Value: no. * can_color Can produce colored table. Value: no. * can_color_theme Allow choosing colors from a named set of palettes. Value: no. * can_colspan Value: no. * can_customize_border Let user customize border character in some way, e.g. selecting from several available borders, disable border. Value: no. * can_halign Provide a way for user to specify horizontal alignment (left/middle/right) of cells. Value: yes. * can_halign_individual_cell Provide a way for user to specify different horizontal alignment (left/middle/right) for individual cells. Value: no. * can_halign_individual_column Provide a way for user to specify different horizontal alignment (left/middle/right) for individual columns. Value: no. * can_halign_individual_row Provide a way for user to specify different horizontal alignment (left/middle/right) for individual rows. Value: no. * can_hpad Provide a way for user to specify horizontal padding of cells. Value: no. * can_hpad_individual_cell Provide a way for user to specify different horizontal padding of individual cells. Value: no. * can_hpad_individual_column Provide a way for user to specify different horizontal padding of individual columns. Value: no. * can_hpad_individual_row Provide a way for user to specify different horizontal padding of individual rows. Value: no. * can_rowspan Value: no. * can_set_cell_height Allow setting height of rows. Value: no. * can_set_cell_height_of_individual_row Allow setting height of individual rows. Value: no. * can_set_cell_width Allow setting height of rows. Value: no. * can_set_cell_width_of_individual_column Allow setting height of individual rows. Value: no. * can_use_box_character Can use terminal box-drawing character when drawing border. Value: no. * can_valign Provide a way for user to specify vertical alignment (top/middle/bottom) of cells. Value: no. * can_valign_individual_cell Provide a way for user to specify different vertical alignment (top/middle/bottom) for individual cells. Value: no. * can_valign_individual_column Provide a way for user to specify different vertical alignment (top/middle/bottom) for individual columns. Value: no. * can_valign_individual_row Provide a way for user to specify different vertical alignment (top/middle/bottom) for individual rows. Value: no. * can_vpad Provide a way for user to specify vertical padding of cells. Value: no. * can_vpad_individual_cell Provide a way for user to specify different vertical padding of individual cells. Value: no. * can_vpad_individual_column Provide a way for user to specify different vertical padding of individual columns. Value: no. * can_vpad_individual_row Provide a way for user to specify different vertical padding of individual rows. Value: no. * speed Subjective speed rating, relative to other text table modules. Value: "fast". For more details on module features, see Module::Features. FUNCTIONS table Usage: my $table_str = Text::Table::Sprintf::table(%params); The "table" function understands these arguments, which are passed as a hash. * rows Aoaos. Required. Takes an array reference which should contain one or more rows of data, where each row is an array reference. * header_row Bool. Optional. Defaults to false. If given a true value, the first row in the data will be interpreted as a header row, and separated from the rest of the table with a ruled line. * separate_rows Bool. Optional. Defaults to false. If set to true, will draw separator line between data rows. * align Str or array of str. Optional. Declare alignment for all columns or for individul columns. Valid alignment value is 'l' (for left) or 'r' (for right), center alignment is currently not supported. Default alignment is left. generate_table Alias for "table", for compatibility with Text::Table::Tiny. HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . SEE ALSO Text::Table::Tiny Other text table modules listed in Acme::CPANModules::TextTable. The selling point of Text::Table::Sprintf is performance and light footprint (just about two pages of code that does not use *any* module, core or otherwise). AUTHOR perlancar CONTRIBUTING To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub. Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via: % prove -l If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 by perlancar . This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.