From: botp <botpena@...>
Date: 2011-02-22T13:22:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Console output formatting

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:53 AM, ra don <radon7@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,  I got two quick questions. First can anyone tell me how to
> format the output of a hash in pairs in a table format like
>
> a=1 b=2 c=3
> d=4 e=5 f=6

ruby is an enjoyable language to work or play with.

eg, try each_slice,

  h  #=> {:a=>1, :b=>2, :c=>3, :d=>4, :e=>5, :f=>6}

  h.each_slice(3) do |x,y,z|
    p x+y+z
  end

  [:a, 1, :b, 2, :c, 3]
  [:d, 4, :e, 5, :f, 6]

> Second is there any tutorials or gems/librarys that will deal with
> console formating on a screen scale rather than strings..

search about curses. read more ruby docs/manuals and try the tutorials..

best regards -botp