From: George George <george.githinji@...>
Date: 2009-06-15T22:08:18+09:00
Subject: Re: formatting a listing

(printf "%s\n\n" ,
 (begin
    (matrix = (Array.new))
    (ncols = 1)
    (matrix.push(Array.new))
    (((IO.readlines'/home/george/test.data').
      map { | line | (line.strip) }).
     each { | item | (if (item == "")
                        (ncols = (ncols + 1))
                        (matrix.push(Array.new))
                      else
                        ((matrix.at(ncols - 1)).push item)
                      end)
     })
    (height = ((matrix.map { | column | (column.size) }).max))
    (widths = (matrix.map { | column | ((column.map { | cell |
((sprintf("%s" , cell)).size) }).max) }))
    ((((matrix.map { | column | (column + (Array.new((height -
(column.size)) , ""))) }) .
       transpose).
      map { | row | ((([ row , widths ].transpose).
                      map { | r , w | (sprintf( "%*s" , w , r)) }) .
                     join ",")}).
     join "\n")
  end))

produces an error:
in `sprintf': no implicit conversion from nil to integer (TypeError)

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