From: "List.rb" <list.rb@...>
Date: 2008-12-06T10:24:09+09:00
Subject: Re: formatting print output



On Dec 5, 2008, at 8:04 PM, "Eustáquio Rangel" <eustaquiorangel@gmail.co 
m> wrote:

>> How do I format the output from print or puts
>> so that columns are aligned:
>>
>> So this:
>> beagle-status  255
>> bibtex  154312
>> bioradtopgm  7844
>> bison  242032
>> blackjack  140792
>
> Kind of:
>
> a = [["beagle-status",255], ["bibtex",154312], ["bioradtopgm",7844],
> ["bison",242032], ["blackjack",140792]]
> a.each do |item|
>    puts "#{sprintf('%-20s',item[0])} #{item[1]}"
> end
>
> Result:
>
> beagle-status 255
> bibtex             154312
> bioradtopgm  7844
> bison              242032
> blackjack        140792
>
> Regards.
>


gem install ruport

require 'ruport'
puts Table(:data => Hash[*a.compact])