To do

Write documentation
More assertions and checks (bad calls should not lead to segfaults)
Remove MAX_COLS restriction (currently 11)

ctable

Library to print nicely formatted tables to stdout. Supports...

Cells spanning over multiple columns or rows
ANSI color sequences
Newlines in cell content
Alignment of numbers under decimal dot

Currently not supported...

wchars
Special chars like \t

How to use it

Include src/table.h to use it. Invoke make to run tests.

First, get a new table with get_empty_table(). Its current column and current row are set to 0. Cell insertions into the table always occur at the current column and current row. After a cell insertion, the current column advances. When styling a cell, call a setting-changing function before the cell insertion.

Example

Generated by running the tests:

Generated by running the tests of ccalc:

Functions

Data and printing

The following functions are used to obtain a new table, print it, and free it after use.

Table get_empty_table()

Returns a new table without any lines or set cells. All cells are styled to be left-aligned. Insertion begins at the upper left corner. You don't need to look into a Table directly, it suffices to use the following functions to manipulate it.

void print_table(Table *table)

Prints a table to stdout. This function is equivalent to fprint_table(table, stdout).

void fprint_table(Table table, FILE stream)

Prints a table to a specified stream.

void free_table(Table *table)

Frees all dynamic memory allocated for this table. It may not be used any more.

Control

The following functions change the position of next cell insertion.

void set_position(Table *table, size_t x, size_t y)

Sets position of next cell insertion. x = 0 is leftmost column, y = 0 is first row. Passing a large value for y may malloc a lot of rows, so use with care!

void next_row(Table *table)

Sets position of next cell insertion to the first column of next row relative to current insertion position.

Cell insertion

These functions insert a cell at the current position and advances the position to the next column (in the same row). When MAX_COLS many cells have been inserted into a row, next_row needs to be called. An inserted cell can not be changed any more.

void add_empty_cell(Table *table)

Adds an empty cell without any content.

void add_cell(Table table, char text)

Adds a cell with a specified text. You have to ensure that the passed pointer is still valid when the table is printed. If you don't want to maintain the buffer yourself, use add_cell_fmt.

void add_cell_gc(Table table, char text)

The same as add_cell, but frees the passed pointer on free_table, so use with care!

void add_cell_fmt(Table table, char fmt, ...)

Adds a cell with a text specified as if printed by printf. Buffer allocation and cleanup will be taken care of.

void add_cell_vfmt(Table table, char fmt, va_list args)

Flavor of add_cell_fmt that allows for va_lists, e.g. for a wrapper function.

void add_cells_from_array(Table *table, size_t width, size_t height, char **array)

Adds multiple cells with contents specified by a memory-contiguous 2D-Array. Insertion begins at current position, next position of insertion will be right to set cells in the same row. Strings will not be copied, so take care that pointers within the array are valid when the table is printed!

Cell styling

These functions style the cell that is added by next insertion (in the following called current cell). Already set cells can not be styled any more.

`BorderStyle`	Description
`BORDER_SINGLE`	A single line
`BORDER_DOUBLE`	A double line
`BORDER_NONE`	No line, useful for removing a line for a specific cell

`TextAlignment`	Description
`ALIGN_LEFT`	left-aligned
`ALIGN_RIGHT`	right-aligned
`ALIGN_CENTER`	centered (rounded to the left)
`ALIGN_NUMBERS`	aligned under decimal dot and padding zeros

void set_default_alignments(Table table, size_t num_alignments, TextAlignment alignments)

Sets the default text alignment for each column.

void override_alignment(Table *table, TextAlignment alignment)

Overrides text alignment for current cell.

void override_alignment_of_row(Table *table, TextAlignment alignment)

Overrides text alignment for all cells of current row.

void set_hline(Table *table, BorderStyle style)

Inserts a horizontal line above the current row.

void set_vline(Table *table, size_t index, BorderStyle style)

Inserts a vertical line left to current column,

void make_boxed(Table *table, BorderStyle style)

Encloses the table in its current state by a box. Make sure to call next_row after last row to include it in box.

void set_all_vlines(Table *table, BorderStyle style)

Inserts vertical lines between all currently non-empty columns.

void override_left_border(Table *table, BorderStyle style)

Sets the left border of the current cell independently of default value for current column.

void override_above_border(Table *table, BorderStyle style)

Sets the above border for the current cell independently of default value for current row.

void set_span(Table *table, size_t span_x, size_t span_y)

Sets span for current cell. span_x denotes the number of columns to span over, span_y denotes the number of rows to span over.

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