colonnade

tabular text

     Colonnade lets     As you can see, it supports text     It doesn't yet 
    you format text      alignment, viewport width, and      support color  
        in columns.              column widths.              codes or other 
                                                             formatting,    
                                                             though that may
                                                             come.          

                       Two or more rows of columns makes                    
                                    a table.                                   

USAGE

extern crate colonnade;
use colonnade::{Alignment, Colonnade};

#[allow(unused_must_use)]
fn main() {
    // text to put in tabular form
    let text = vec![
        vec![
            "Colonnade lets you format text in columns.",
            "As you can see, it supports text alignment, viewport width, and column widths.",
            "It doesn't yet support color codes or other formatting, though that may come.",
        ],
        vec!["", "Two or more rows of columns makes a table.", ""],
    ];
    let mut colonnade = Colonnade::new(3, 80).unwrap(); // 3 columns of text in an 80-character viewport

    // configure the table a bit
    colonnade.left_margin_all(4);
    colonnade.left_margin(0, 8); // the first column should have a left margin 8 spaces wide
    colonnade.fixed_width_all(15);
    colonnade.clear_limits(1); // the central column has no fixed size limits
    colonnade.alignment(0, Alignment::Right);
    colonnade.alignment(1, Alignment::Center);
    colonnade.alignment(2, Alignment::Left);
    colonnade.spaces_between_rows(1); // add a blank link between rows

    // now print out the table
    for line in colonnade.tabulate(&text).unwrap() {
        println!("{}", line);
    }
}