drewburlingame/ConsoleTables

Print out a nicely formatted table in a console application C#

ConsoleTable

Have you ever just wanted to output flat structured POCO out to console? Sure you have! This class will let you print a nicely formatted table right to your console as easily as possible.

Example usage

static void Main(String[] args)
{
    var table = new ConsoleTable("one", "two", "three");
    table.AddRow(1, 2, 3)
         .AddRow("this line should be longer", "yes it is", "oh");

    table.Write();
    Console.WriteLine();

    var rows = Enumerable.Repeat(new Something(), 10);

    ConsoleTable
        .From<Something>(rows)
        .Configure(o => o.NumberAlignment = Alignment.Right)
        .Write(Format.Alternative);

    Console.ReadKey();
}

Console output

FORMAT: Default:

 --------------------------------------------------
 | one                        | two       | three |
 --------------------------------------------------
 | 1                          | 2         | 3     |
 --------------------------------------------------
 | this line should be longer | yes it is | oh    |
 --------------------------------------------------

 Count: 2


FORMAT: Alternative:

+----------------------------+-----------+-------+
| one                        | two       | three |
+----------------------------+-----------+-------+
| 1                          | 2         | 3     |
+----------------------------+-----------+-------+
| this line should be longer | yes it is | oh    |
+----------------------------+-----------+-------+

Sample Output (Screenshot)

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Copyright (c) 2013 Khalid Abuhakmeh

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