Lib.rs

CLI Tables

This is a simple Rust library for generating ASCII tables in a CLI application.

Functions

Usage

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

[dependencies]
cli-tables = "0.2.1"

2. Import the Table struct:

use cli_tables::Table;

3. Create a new Table:

let mut table = Table::new();

4. Create a record that you want to display in the table:

let header = vec!["#", "First Name", "Last Name", "Date of Birth", "TV Show"];
table.push_row(&header);

5. Or create multiple records at once:

let values = vec![
    vec!["0", "Pedro", "Pascal", "1996-07-28", "The Last of Us"],
    vec!["1", "Belle", "Ramsey", "1991-09-17", "The Last of Us"],
    vec!["2", "Scott", "Shepherd", "1990-04-20", "The Last of Us"],
    vec!["3", "Nick", "Offerman", "1970-06-26", "The Last of Us"]
];
table.push_rows(&values);

6. Print the table with the to_string function:

println!("{}", table.to_string());

7. 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 |
+---+------------+-----------+---------------+----------------+