ascii-art-table

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ascii-art-table.js

This module allows you to work with ansi strings in a style aware way, so you aren't constantly doing string manipulation and scanning when working with terminal strings. It offers a clean abstraction to build ascii-art utilities on top of.

Installation

npm install ascii-art-table

Usage

require('ascii-art-table')

To do anything with it, you'll need to include the library:

    const Table = require('ascii-art-table');

• ascii-art-table
  • Table.create(string, handler) ⇒ string
  • new Table(options) ⇒ string
    • .addRow(data) ⇒ string
    • .setHeading(column1, ..., columnN) ⇒ string
    • .addColumn(data) ⇒ string
    • .write(width) ⇒ string

Table.create(ansiString, handler)

Map through an ansi string one character at a time, without any of those characters being styles. Kind: static property of ascii-art-table

Param	Type	Description
options	object	input string to map across
options.data	Array of Arrays	data to display
options.columns	Array of Objects	column configurations
options.bars	String	type: single, double, block, angles

Example

We can produce ASCII/ANSI tables in a similar manner to ascii-table, but with colors and styles!

To produce a standard box style (and it will attempt to be smart about column widths without truncating ansi codes):

        Table.create({
            width : 80,
            data : [ /* ... */ ]
        }, function(rendered){
            // use rendered text
        });

If you add some additional options you get:

        Table.create({
            width : 80,
            data : [ /* ... */ ],
            verticalBar : ' ',
            horizontalBar : ' ',
            intersection : ' ',
            columns : [
                {
                    value : 'Product',
                    style : 'black+gray_bg'
                }, {
                    value : 'Maker',
                    style : 'white'
                }, {
                    value : 'Location',
                    style : 'white'
                }
            ]
        }, function(rendered){
            // use rendered text
        });

which will output:

You can also play with border colorings and built-in borders (single, double, block and angles) using the UTF box drawing characters

    Table.create({
        width : 80,
        data : [ /* ... */ ],
        bars : 'single',
        borderColor : 'bright_white'
    }, function(rendered){
        // use rendered text
    });

which will output:

To define this manually it would look like:

    Table.create({
        width : 80,
        data : [ /* ... */ ],
        bars : {
            'ul_corner' : '┏',
            'ur_corner' : '┓',
            'lr_corner' : '┛',
            'll_corner' : '┗',
            'bottom_t' : '┻',
            'top_t' : '┳',
            'right_t' : '┫',
            'left_t' : '┣',
            'intersection' : '╋',
            'vertical' : '┃',
            'horizontal' : '━',
        },
        borderColor : 'bright_white',
    }, function(rendered){
        // use rendered text
    });

Another example:

    Table.create({
        width : 80,
        data : [ /* ... */ ],
        bars : 'double',
        headerStyle : 'yellow',
        dataStyle : 'bright_white',
        borderColor : 'gray'
    }, function(rendered){
        // use rendered text
    });

which will output: