Struct tabwriter::TabWriter

pub struct TabWriter<W> {
    // some fields omitted
}

TabWriter wraps an arbitrary writer and aligns tabbed output.

Elastic tabstops work by aligning contiguous tabbed delimited fields known as column blocks. When a line appears that breaks all contiguous blocks, all buffered output will be flushed to the underlying writer. Otherwise, output will stay buffered until flush is explicitly called.

Methods

impl<W: Write> TabWriter<W>

fn new(w: W) -> TabWriter<W>

Create a new TabWriter from an existing Writer.

All output written to Writer is passed through TabWriter. Contiguous column blocks indicated by tabs are aligned.

Note that flush must be called to guarantee that TabWriter will write to the given writer.

fn minwidth(self, minwidth: usize) -> TabWriter<W>

Set the minimum width of each column. That is, all columns will have at least the size given here. If a column is smaller than minwidth, then it is passed with spaces.

The default minimum width is 2.

fn padding(self, padding: usize) -> TabWriter<W>

Set the padding between columns. All columns will be separated by at least the number of spaces indicated by padding. If padding is zero, then columns may run up against each other without any separation.

The default padding is 2.

fn unwrap(self) -> W

Returns the underlying writer. Note that flush must be called before unwrapping or else data will likely be lost.

Trait Implementations

impl<W: Write> Write for TabWriter<W>

fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize>

Write a buffer into this object, returning how many bytes were written.

fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()>

Flush this output stream, ensuring that all intermediately buffered contents reach their destination.

fn write_all(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error>

Attempts to write an entire buffer into this write.

fn write_fmt(&mut self, fmt: Arguments) -> Result<(), Error>

Writes a formatted string into this writer, returning any error encountered.

fn by_ref(&mut self) -> &mut Self

Creates a "by reference" adaptor for this instance of Write.