table-to-string

table-to-string

Generates a string representation of a table.

Installation

# with npm
npm install table-to-string

# with yarn
yarn add table-to-string

Usage

const tableToString = require('table-to-string');

const isThatA = [
  ['Jotaro Kujo', 'Star Platinum'],
  ['Josuke Higashikata', 'Crazy Diamond'],
  ['Giorno Giovanna', 'Gold Experience Requiem'],
  ['Jolyne Cujoh', 'Stone Free'],
  ['Johnny Joestar', 'Tusk'],
];

tableToString(isThatA);
//=> Jotaro Kujo         Star Platinum
//=> Josuke Higashikata  Crazy Diamond
//=> Giorno Giovanna     Gold Experience Requiem
//=> Jolyne Cujoh        Stone Free
//=> Johnny Joestar      Tusk

const jojoReference = [
  ['Dio', 'The World'],
  ['Yoshikage Kira', 'Killer Queen'],
  ['Diavolo', 'King Crimson'],
  ['Enrico Pucci', 'Made in Heaven'],
  ['Funny Valentine', 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'],
];

tableToString(jojoReference, {
  align: ['r', 'c'],
  str: (item) => `"${item}"`,
  sep: ' | ',
});
//=>             "Dio" |          "The World"
//=>  "Yoshikage Kira" |        "Killer Queen"
//=>         "Diavolo" |        "King Crimson"
//=>    "Enrico Pucci" |       "Made in Heaven"
//=> "Funny Valentine" | "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

Options

Name	Type	Default value	Description
align	`('l'	'c'	'r'
len	(item: string, column: number) => number	(item) => item.length	The function used to get the item length.
str	(item: any, column: number) => string	String(item != null ? item : '')	The function used to transform the item into a string.
sep	string	' ' (two whitespaces)	The separator between each item.
lf	string	'\n'	The line feed used for new lines.

License

This package is under a MIT license.