UDF "data-to-table.au3"

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data-to-table.au3 UDF

Description

This library (UDF) allows you to transform input data, like strings or arrays, to a nice readable table output with different border styles and aligned table cell content.

Output your data to console, file or GUI.

👉 Please check out the upcoming features section.

Acknowledgements

The UDF is highly inspired by the great UDF "StringToTable.au3" by @ioa747 . Thank you!
Forum thread link: https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/212876-_stringtotable/

All credits for the original logic go to @ioa747 who made the UDF
with ❤️ for a readable and elegant output.

Input ==> Output

From string ...

; The $sData string is separated (columns) by tabs.
Local Const $sData = _
    'Language   Popularity (%)  Job Demand  Typical Use' & @CRLF & _
    'JavaScript 62.3    Very High   Web Development, Frontend/Backend' & @CRLF & _
    'C# 27.1    High    Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev' & @CRLF & _
    'Go 13.8    Growing Cloud Services, System Programming' & @CRLF & _
    'PowerShell 13.5    Low to Moderate Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin' & @CRLF & _
    'AutoIt 0.5 Low Windows GUI Automation, Scripting'

... or array ...

; Default separator is @TAB.
Local Const $aData[][5] = _
    [ _
        ['Language',    'Popularity (%)', 'Job Demand',      'Typical Use'                             ], _
        ['JavaScript',  '62.3',           'Very High',       'Web Development, Frontend/Backend'       ], _
        ['C#',          '27.1',           'High',            'Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev' ], _
        ['Go',          '13.8',           'Growing',         'Cloud Services, System Programming'      ], _
        ['PowerShell',  '13.5',           'Low to Moderate', 'Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin'   ], _
        ['AutoIt',      '0.5',            'Low',             'Windows GUI Automation, Scripting'       ] _
    ]

... to ...

╔────────────┬────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────╗
│ Language   │ Popularity (%) │   Job Demand    │                             Typical Use │
├────────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ JavaScript │           62.3 │    Very High    │       Web Development, Frontend/Backend │
│ C#         │           27.1 │      High       │ Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev │
│ Go         │           13.8 │     Growing     │      Cloud Services, System Programming │
│ PowerShell │           13.5 │ Low to Moderate │   Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin │
│ AutoIt     │            0.5 │       Low       │       Windows GUI Automation, Scripting │
╚────────────┴────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────╝

... or other border styles (see below).

Links of interest

• 👀 README
• ✨ the UDF (library)
• 🏃‍♂️ usage example
• 📑 CHANGELOG
• 🚀 Latest release

Border styles

Spoiler

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==> Border style: "1 = no-border"

Language   Popularity (%)   Job Demand                                Typical Use
JavaScript           62.3    Very High          Web Development, Frontend/Backend
C#                   27.1      High       Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev
Go                   13.8     Growing          Cloud Services, System Programming
PowerShell           13.5 Low to Moderate   Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin
AutoIt                0.5       Low             Windows GUI Automation, Scripting

==> Border style: "2 = inner-border-header"

 Language   │ Popularity (%) │   Job Demand    │                             Typical Use 
────────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────
 JavaScript │           62.3 │    Very High    │       Web Development, Frontend/Backend 
 C#         │           27.1 │      High       │ Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev 
 Go         │           13.8 │     Growing     │      Cloud Services, System Programming 
 PowerShell │           13.5 │ Low to Moderate │   Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin 
 AutoIt     │            0.5 │       Low       │       Windows GUI Automation, Scripting 

==> Border style: "3 = border-no-header"

┌────────────┬────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Language   │ Popularity (%) │   Job Demand    │                             Typical Use │
│ JavaScript │           62.3 │    Very High    │       Web Development, Frontend/Backend │
│ C#         │           27.1 │      High       │ Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev │
│ Go         │           13.8 │     Growing     │      Cloud Services, System Programming │
│ PowerShell │           13.5 │ Low to Moderate │   Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin │
│ AutoIt     │            0.5 │       Low       │       Windows GUI Automation, Scripting │
└────────────┴────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────┘

==> Border style: "4 = border-and-header"

┌────────────┬────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Language   │ Popularity (%) │   Job Demand    │                             Typical Use │
├────────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ JavaScript │           62.3 │    Very High    │       Web Development, Frontend/Backend │
│ C#         │           27.1 │      High       │ Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev │
│ Go         │           13.8 │     Growing     │      Cloud Services, System Programming │
│ PowerShell │           13.5 │ Low to Moderate │   Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin │
│ AutoIt     │            0.5 │       Low       │       Windows GUI Automation, Scripting │
└────────────┴────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────┘

==> Border style: "5 = border-edges-with-accent-and-header"

╔────────────┬────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────╗
│ Language   │ Popularity (%) │   Job Demand    │                             Typical Use │
├────────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ JavaScript │           62.3 │    Very High    │       Web Development, Frontend/Backend │
│ C#         │           27.1 │      High       │ Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev │
│ Go         │           13.8 │     Growing     │      Cloud Services, System Programming │
│ PowerShell │           13.5 │ Low to Moderate │   Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin │
│ AutoIt     │            0.5 │       Low       │       Windows GUI Automation, Scripting │
╚────────────┴────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────╝

==> Border style: "6 = double-outter-border-no-header"

╔════════════╤════════════════╤═════════════════╤═════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Language   │ Popularity (%) │   Job Demand    │                             Typical Use ║
║ JavaScript │           62.3 │    Very High    │       Web Development, Frontend/Backend ║
║ C#         │           27.1 │      High       │ Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev ║
║ Go         │           13.8 │     Growing     │      Cloud Services, System Programming ║
║ PowerShell │           13.5 │ Low to Moderate │   Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin ║
║ AutoIt     │            0.5 │       Low       │       Windows GUI Automation, Scripting ║
╚════════════╧════════════════╧═════════════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════╝

==> Border style: "7 = all-double-border-and-header"

╔════════════╦════════════════╦═════════════════╦═════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Language   ║ Popularity (%) ║   Job Demand    ║                             Typical Use ║
╠════════════╬════════════════╬═════════════════╬═════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ JavaScript ║           62.3 ║    Very High    ║       Web Development, Frontend/Backend ║
║ C#         ║           27.1 ║      High       ║ Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev ║
║ Go         ║           13.8 ║     Growing     ║      Cloud Services, System Programming ║
║ PowerShell ║           13.5 ║ Low to Moderate ║   Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin ║
║ AutoIt     ║            0.5 ║       Low       ║       Windows GUI Automation, Scripting ║
╚════════════╩════════════════╩═════════════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════╝

==> Border style: "8 = double-outter-border-and-header-with-single-inner-border"

╔════════════╤════════════════╤═════════════════╤═════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Language   │ Popularity (%) │   Job Demand    │                             Typical Use ║
╟────────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ JavaScript │           62.3 │    Very High    │       Web Development, Frontend/Backend ║
║ C#         │           27.1 │      High       │ Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev ║
║ Go         │           13.8 │     Growing     │      Cloud Services, System Programming ║
║ PowerShell │           13.5 │ Low to Moderate │   Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin ║
║ AutoIt     │            0.5 │       Low       │       Windows GUI Automation, Scripting ║
╚════════════╧════════════════╧═════════════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════╝

==> Border style: "9 = rounded-corner-outside-border-only-no-header"

╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Language     Popularity (%)     Job Demand                                  Typical Use │
│ JavaScript             62.3      Very High            Web Development, Frontend/Backend │
│ C#                     27.1        High         Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev │
│ Go                     13.8       Growing            Cloud Services, System Programming │
│ PowerShell             13.5   Low to Moderate     Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin │
│ AutoIt                  0.5         Low               Windows GUI Automation, Scripting │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

==> Border style: "10 = double-outside-border-only-no-header"

╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Language     Popularity (%)     Job Demand                                  Typical Use ║
║ JavaScript             62.3      Very High            Web Development, Frontend/Backend ║
║ C#                     27.1        High         Game Development, Windows Apps, Web Dev ║
║ Go                     13.8       Growing            Cloud Services, System Programming ║
║ PowerShell             13.5   Low to Moderate     Task Automation, DevOps, System Admin ║
║ AutoIt                  0.5         Low               Windows GUI Automation, Scripting ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

 

 

Contribution, BUGs, issues, suggestions, wishes

1. via GitHub issues / GitHub pull requests
2. and/or here in the forum (also fine)

Support

• give the project a ⭐ on GitHub
• follow me there
• come up with questions, suggestions, wishes 😀

Licenses

Distributed under the MIT License. So don't worry and do whatever you want with it 😀 .

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Best regards
Sven

Edited Tuesday at 06:18 AM by SOLVE-SMART

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💡 Please notice, the public API - the single function call (_DataToTable(...)) - can and will change.
Because it's not a major v1.0.0 version yet. I will inform about when it's a major version 🤝 .

Best regards
Sven

Edited Monday at 04:27 PM by SOLVE-SMART