Acts::Table Class Reference

A utility class for creating formatted markdown tables with automatic column sizing and alignment. More...

#include <Acts/Utilities/Table.hpp>

Classes
struct	Column

Public Types
enum class	Alignment { Left , Right , Center }
	Text alignment options for table columns. More...

Public Member Functions
void	addColumn (const std::string &header, const std::string &format, Alignment alignment=Alignment::Left)
	Add a column with header, format string, and alignment.
void	addColumn (const std::string &header, const std::string &format, const std::string &alignment="left")
	Add a column with header, format string, and alignment as string.
template<typename... Args>
void	addRow (Args &&... args)
	Add a row with variable arguments matching the number of columns.
void	setMarkdownMode (bool includeMarkers)
	Set whether to include markdown alignment markers in output.
std::string	toString () const
	Generate the formatted table as a markdown string.

Detailed Description

A utility class for creating formatted markdown tables with automatic column sizing and alignment.

Usage:

Table table;
table.addColumn("Name", "{}", "left");        // String alignment
table.addColumn("Value", "{:.2f}", "right");  // or "r" for short
table.addColumn("Count", "{}", Table::Alignment::Center);  // Enum also
supported table.addRow("Item1", 1.23, 42); table.addRow("Item2", 4.56, 7);
std::cout << table.toString();

Member Enumeration Documentation

Alignment

enum class Acts::Table::Alignment

strong

Text alignment options for table columns.

Enumerator
Left
Right
Center

Member Function Documentation

addColumn() [1/2]

void Acts::Table::addColumn	(	const std::string &	header,
		const std::string &	format,
		Alignment	alignment = Alignment::Left )

Add a column with header, format string, and alignment.

Parameters

header	Column header text
format	Format string for the column values
alignment	Column alignment (default: Left)

addColumn() [2/2]

void Acts::Table::addColumn	(	const std::string &	header,
		const std::string &	format,
		const std::string &	alignment = "left" )

Add a column with header, format string, and alignment as string.

Parameters

header	Column header text
format	Format string for the column values
alignment	String alignment: "left"/"l", "right"/"r", "center"/"c" (case insensitive)

Exceptions

std::invalid_argument

if alignment string is not recognized

addRow()

template<typename... Args>

void Acts::Table::addRow

(

Args &&...

args

)

Add a row with variable arguments matching the number of columns.

Parameters

args	Arguments to add as row values

Exceptions

std::runtime_error

if argument count doesn't match column count

setMarkdownMode()

void Acts::Table::setMarkdownMode

(

bool

includeMarkers

)

Set whether to include markdown alignment markers in output.

Parameters

includeMarkers

If true (default), includes markdown alignment markers

toString()

std::string Acts::Table::toString

(

)

const

Generate the formatted table as a markdown string.

Returns

Markdown formatted string representation of the table