# Usage
1. Implement [`Table`] trait for your custom type by defining the [`row`] method
which returns the type as a [`Vec`]`<`[`String`]`>`.
2. Create a [`Veg`] struct with a *header definition* based on a Markdown table
header.
3. Use the [`Veg`] struct like a [`Vec`] to gather instances of your type.
4. Call one of the following methods to generate a table:
* [`markdown`]: Markdown table using the initial header definition
* [`markdown_with`]: Markdown table using a custom header definition and/or
column indexes
# Example
```rust
// Import Veg
# use anyhow::anyhow;
use veg::Veg;
// Create a custom type
struct Point {
x: f32,
y: f32,
}
// Implement a method that creates a Box of the custom type
impl Point {
fn new(x: f32, y: f32) -> Box<Point> {
Box::new(Point { x, y })
}
}
// Implement the veg::Table::row method to define how to print the custom type
impl veg::Table for Point {
fn row(&self) -> Vec<String> {
// Add `$` for inline LaTeX math spans
[self.x, self.y].iter().map(|x| format!("${x}$")).collect()
// Other ideas:
//
// - Add 3 decimal places:
//
// [self.x, self.y].iter().map(|x| format!("${x:.3}$")).collect()
//
// - Do something different for x and y:
//
// vec![
// format!("${:.1}$", self.x),
// format!("${:.4}$", self.y),
// ]
//
// - Just convert to string:
//
// [self.x, self.y].iter().map(|x| x.to_string())).collect()
//
// ...
}
}
// Create a Veg via the table method with a header definition
// Add a single point
v.push(Point::new(1.0, 1.0));
// Add a bunch of points
v.append(&mut vec![
Point::new(2.0, 4.0),
Point::new(3.0, 9.0),
Point::new(4.0, 16.0),
]);
// Render as a markdown table
assert_eq!(
v.markdown().unwrap(),
"\
| $1$ | $1$ |
| $2$ | $4$ |
| $3$ | $9$ |
| $4$ | $16$ |
\
",
);
// Render as a markdown table with a modified header definition
assert_eq!(
v.markdown_with(Some("X|Y\n-|-"), None).unwrap(),
"\
| $1$ | $1$ |
| $2$ | $4$ |
| $3$ | $9$ |
| $4$ | $16$ |
\
",
);
// Render as a markdown table with a modified header definition to increase the
// column widths
assert_eq!(
v.markdown_with(Some("X|Y\n------|------"), None).unwrap(),
"\
| $1$ | $1$ |
| $2$ | $4$ |
| $3$ | $9$ |
| $4$ | $16$ |
\
",
);
// Just render the second column
assert_eq!(
v.markdown_with(None, Some(&[1])).unwrap(),
"\
| $1$ |
| $4$ |
| $9$ |
| $16$ |
\
",
);
// Reorder the columns
assert_eq!(
v.markdown_with(None, Some(&[1, 0])).unwrap(),
"\
| $1$ | $1$ |
| $4$ | $2$ |
| $9$ | $3$ |
| $16$ | $4$ |
\
",
);
// Duplicate column `y`
assert_eq!(
v.markdown_with(None, Some(&[0, 1, 1])).unwrap(),
"\
| $1$ | $1$ | $1$ |
| $2$ | $4$ | $4$ |
| $3$ | $9$ | $9$ |
| $4$ | $16$ | $16$ |
\
",
);
// Try to give invalid column indexes
assert_eq!(
v.markdown_with(None, Some(&[3, 2, 0, 1])).unwrap_err().to_string(),
"Invalid column indexes: 2, 3",
);
```
# Features
## `colored`
The `colored` feature enables the [`veg::colored` module] which provides the
same API, but uses the [`colored`] crate to colorize [`Veg`] tables for printing
to the terminal.
*See [`tests/colored.rs`] and/or run
`cargo test --features colored --test colored -- --nocapture`.*

# Changelog
* 0.1.0 (2023-12-11): Initial release
* 0.1.1 (2023-12-11): Add makefile, changelog; fix readme, clippy
* 0.2.0 (2023-12-11): Convert the table function to a method
* 0.2.1 (2023-12-11): Fix readme
* 0.3.0 (2023-12-12): Enable single column tables; add the `markdown_with`
method to enable column subsets, reordering, duplicating, and temporary
headers; add examples to the module doctest
* 0.4.0 (2023-12-16): Add `colored` feature/module enabling terminal colors via
the [`colored`] crate
* 0.4.1 (2023-12-16): Fix changelog
* 0.4.2 (2023-12-17): Improve readme, doc, and tests
* 0.4.3 (2023-12-17): Add doc for colored module; make the colored png
smaller; improve doc
[`colored`]: https://crates.io/crates/colored
[`tests/colored.rs`]: tests/colored.rs
[`Table`]: https://docs.rs/veg/latest/veg/trait.Table.html
[`row`]: https://docs.rs/veg/latest/veg/colored/trait.Table.html#tymethod.row
[`Veg`]: https://docs.rs/veg/latest/veg/struct.Veg.html
[`markdown`]: https://docs.rs/veg/latest/veg/struct.Veg.html#method.markdown
[`markdown_with`]: https://docs.rs/veg/latest/veg/struct.Veg.html#method.markdown_with
[`veg::colored` module]: https://docs.rs/veg/latest/veg/colored/index.html
[`Vec`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/vec/struct.Vec.html
[`String`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/string/struct.String.html