Database.TxtSushi.FlatFile

Functions for reading/writing flat files

Documentation

formatTableWithWidths :: String -> [Int] -> [[String]] -> String

maxTableColumnWidths :: [[String]] -> [Int]

for a table, calculate the max width in characters for each column

formatTable :: Format -> [[String]] -> String

Format the given table (the 2D String array) into a flat-file string using the given Format

parseTable :: Format -> String -> [[String]]

Parse the given text using the given flat file Format. The result is a list of list of strings. The strings are fields and the string lists are rows

data Format

Format allows you to specify different flat-file formats so that you can use parseTable for CSV, tab-delimited etc.

Constructors

Format String String [String]

Instances

Show Format

csvFormat :: Format

tabDelimitedFormat :: Format

doubleQuote :: Format -> String

get a quote escape sequence for the given Format