Allow For Numbers to Have Different Alignment

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Allow For Numbers to Have Different Alignment

briandowns opened this issue 7 years ago · 3 comments

Answer 1 · 2017-08-13T18:21:24.000Z

This came to mind when thinking about how Excel and others treat numbers differently when the column knows the data type.

Answer 2 · 2017-08-17T01:33:43.000Z

I'm up for anything that keeps users out of Excel! So, for example, a completely numeric column would have the opposite justification than what is specified?

First , Last  , CostCenter , ExpenseLine , ExpenseAmt , Date
John  , Moore , 4F         ,           2 ,      33.29 , 5/5/1930

Answer 3 · 2017-08-17T04:03:06.000Z

Yes, if the user chooses it to be that way or some other justification. I guess maybe this could be achieved automatically and a justification could be chosen programmatically or possibly introduce another flag that indicates the justification for a certain type. I think likely numeric would be the best candidate so possibly a -n <justification>?