Text::FormatTable renders simple tables as text. You pass to the constructor (new) a table format
specification similar to LaTeX (e.g. "r|l|5l|R|20L") and you call methods to fill the table data and
insert rules. After the data is filled, you call the render method and the table gets formatted as text.
Methods:
new($format)
Create a Text::FormatTable object, the format of each column is specified as a character of the
$format string. The following formats are defined:
l Left-justified top aligned word-wrapped text.
L Left-justified bottom aligned word-wrapped text.
r Right-justified top aligned word-wrapped text.
R Right-justified bottom aligned word-wrapped text.
10R, 20r, 15L, 12l,
Number is fixed width of the column. Justified and aligned word-wrapped text (see above).
' ' A space.
| Column separator.
head($col1, $col2, ...)
Add a header row using $col1, $col2, etc. as cell contents. Note that, at the moment, header rows are
treated like normal rows.
row($col1, $col2, ...)
Add a row with $col1, $col2, etc. as cell contents.
rule([$char])
Add an horizontal rule. If $char is specified it will be used as character to draw the rule,
otherwise '-' will be used.
render([$screen_width])
Return the rendered table formatted with $screen_width or 79 if it is not specified.