SharpTables 1.2.0

SharpTables

A versatile and customizable console table formatter. Generate tables ready to be written to console with the ability to customize even the characters used by the generator to generate the table.

Example usage

For example programs, see the [Examples](

Basic table

using SharpTables;

Formatting f = Formatting.Minimalist;

object[,] dataset = new object[,]
{
    { "Name", "Age", "City" },
    { "John Doe", 42, "New York" },
    { "Jane Doe", 36, "Chicago" },
    { "Joe Bloggs", 25, "Los Angeles" },
    { "Jenny Smith", 28, "Miami" }
};

Table table = Table.FromDataSet(dataset) // Also supports IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>>
    .AddRow(new Row("Jimmy Jones", null, "Las Vegas")) // Supports nullables and manually adding rows
    .UseNullOrEmptyReplacement("N/A")
    .UsePreset(cell => cell.Color = cell.IsNumeric ? ConsoleColor.Yellow : ConsoleColor.White);

table.Print();

/*
 Name             Age      City
────────────────────────────────────────────
 John Doe         42       New York

 Jane Doe         36       Chicago

 Joe Bloggs       25       Los Angeles

 Jenny Smith      28       Miami

 Jimmy Jones      N/A      Las Vegas
*/

Custom Formatting

The Formatting class already has some presets, you can also modify them using with due to them being record types, or make your own instance. By default, using new Formatting() will use Formatting.Default

// Using the power of records!
Formatting format = Formatting.ASCII with 
{ 
	DividerColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGray,
	BottomLeftDivider = '@',
	BottomRightDivider = '@',
	TopLeftDivider = '@',
	TopRightDivider = '@',
	MiddleDivider = '%',
	Header = Formatting.ASCII.Header with { Separated = true, }
};
/*
+----------------+--------+----------------+
|Name            |Age     |City            |
+----------------+--------+----------------+
@----------------+--------+----------------@
|John Doe        |42      |New York        |
+----------------%--------%----------------+
|Jane Doe        |36      |Chicago         |
+----------------%--------%----------------+
|Joe Bloggs      |25      |Los Angeles     |
+----------------%--------%----------------+
|Jenny Smith     |28      |Miami           |
+----------------%--------%----------------+
|Jimmy Jones     |N/A     |Las Vegas       |
@----------------+--------+----------------@
*/

Cell Formatting

You can also use cell-specific formatting, which can be used to change how the cell will look like in the table.

List<Foo> foos = new List<Foo>
{
	new Foo { A = 1, B = "Hello", C = true },
	new Foo { A = 2, B = "World", C = false },
	new Foo { A = 3, B = "Something", C = true },
};

// 'c' represents any cell in the table
table.UsePreset(c =>
{
	if (bool.TryParse(c.Text, out bool b))
	{
		c.Text = b ? "V" : "X";
		c.Alignment = Alignment.Center;
		c.Color = b ? ConsoleColor.Green : ConsoleColor.Red;
	}
	if (int.TryParse(c.Text, out int i))
	{
		c.Color = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
		c.Padding = 0;
		c.Alignment = Alignment.Right;
	}
});
/*
The result is colored on console.
╔═══════════╦══════════════╦════╗
║ Is Active ║     Name     ║ ID ║
╠═══════════╬══════════════╬════╣
│     V     │Hello         │   1│
├───────────┼──────────────┼────┤
│     X     │World         │   2│
├───────────┼──────────────┼────┤
│     V     │Something     │   3│
└───────────┴──────────────┴────┘
*/

Contributing

If you found a bug, have any questions, want to implement your own additions or contribute in any other way, feel free to open a pull request!

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License