NAME

Data::Tabular - Handy Table Manipulation and rendering Object

SYNOPSIS

 use Data::Tabular;

 $table = Data::Tabular->new(
     headers => ['one', 'two'],
     data    => [
          ['a', 'b'],
          ['c', 'd']
     ],
     extra_headers => [ 'three' ],
     extra => {
         'three' => sub {
             my $self = shift;
             my $a = $self->get('one');
             my $b = $self->get('two');
             $a . $b;
         },
     },
     group_by => {
     },
     output => {
         headers => [ 'three', 'one', 'two' ],
     },
 );

DESCRIPTION

Data::Tabular has four major sections:

The data section. This is the base table, it contains a set of rows that is made up of named columns.

The extra section. This is a set of named columns that are added to the table.

The group_by section. This is allows titles, and subtotals to be inserted into table.

The output section. This allows the output to be formatted and rendered for a particular type of output. Currently HTML and Excel spreadsheets are supported.

Of these only the data section is required.

Data Section

The Data section consists of two pieces of information a list of headers names and a 2 dimensional array of data.

API

Constructor

new

The new method

Output Control Methods

output

Get the output object.

Accessor Methods

data_table

The data method returns a Data::Table object.

extra_table

The extra method returns a Data::Table::Extra object.

grouped_table

The grouped method returns a Data::Table::Grouped object.

grouped

The grouped method returns a Data::Table::Grouped object.

headers

The headers method returns the available headers in the Data::Table::Extra object. This is the headers from both the data section and the extra section. These are the headers that can be in the output section.

Configure Methods

Display Methods

html

returns html representation of the table.

xls

returns xls representation of the table.

txt

returns text representation of the table.

csv

returns a comma separated representation of the table.

EXAMPLES

 my $st = $dbh->prepare('Select * from my_test_table');
 my $data = selectall_arrayref($st);
 my $headers = $st->{NAMES}
 
 my $table = Data::Tabular->new(
     data => $data,
     headers => $headers,
 );

AUTHOR

"G. Allen Morris III" <gam3@gam3.net>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2003-2008, G. Allen Morris III, all rights reserved

LICENSE

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

Data::Tabular::Table

cpanm Data::Tabular

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Data::Tabular