NAME Text::MarkdownTable - Write Markdown syntax tables from data SYNOPSIS my $table = Text::MarkdownTable->new; $table->add({one=>"a",two=>"table"}); $table->add({one=>"is",two=>"nice"}); $table->done; | one | two | |-----|-------| | a | table | | is | nice | DESCRIPTION This module can be used to write data in tabular form, formatted in MultiMarkdown syntax. The resulting format can be used for instance to display CSV data or to include data tables in Markdown files. Newlines and vertical bars in table cells are replaced by a space character and cell values can be truncated. CONFIGURATION file Filename, GLOB, scalar reference or IO::Handle to write to (default STDOUT). fields Array, hash reference, or comma-separated list of fields/columns. columns Column names. By default field names are used. widths Column widths. By default column widths are calculated automatically to the width of the widest value. With given widths, the table is directly be written without buffering and large table cell values are truncated. condense Write table unbuffered in condense format: one|two ---|--- a|table is|nice header Include header lines. Enabled by default. METHODS add Add a row as hash reference. Depending on the configuration rows are directly written or buffered. done Finish and write the table unless it has already been written. SEE ALSO See Catmandu::Exporter::Table for an application of this module that can be used to easily convert data to Markdown tables. Similar table-generating modules include: Text::Table::Tiny Text::TabularDisplay Text::SimpleTable Text::Table Text::ANSITable Text::ASCIITable Text::UnicodeBox::Table Table::Simple Text::SimpleTable Text::SimpleTable::AutoWidth AUTHOR Jakob Voß COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2014- Jakob Voß This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.