NAME

Data::Dumper::Table - A more tabular way to Dumper your Data

VERSION

Version 0.012

SYNOPSIS

    use Data::Dumper::Table;

    my $x = [qw(one two three)];

    say Tabulate [
        { foo => $x, bar => 2 },
        { foo => 3, bar => { apple => q(or'ange) } },
        $x,
        [
            { bar => q(baz), flibble => q(quux), flobble => undef() },
            { bar => q(baz2), flobble => qr/foo/ }
        ]
    ];

    ARRAY(1) [0] HASH(2)
                 -----------------------------
                 'bar' => '2'
                 'foo' => ARRAY(3) [0] 'one'
                                   [1] 'two'
                                   [2] 'three'
             [1] HASH(4)
                 ------------------------------
                 'bar' => HASH(5)
                          ---------------------
                          'apple' => 'or\'ange'
                 'foo' => '3'
             [2] -> ARRAY(3)
             [3] ARRAY<HASH>(6)
                  'bar'  | 'flibble' | 'flobble'
                 --------+-----------+-------------
                  'baz'  | 'quux'    | undef()
                  'baz2' | -         | /(?^u:foo)/

DESCRIPTION

The goal of Data::Dumper::Table is to provide a more-tabular alternative to Data::Dumper.

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

Tabulate DATA

Turn the provided DATA into a (hopefully) nicely-formatted table. More verbose and space-hungry than Data::Dumper, but possibly easier to read.

CAVEATS

This is Alpha software

This module is explicitly alpha-quality software. If you successfully use it in production, you're a braver being than I am. See also the TODO list for things that are known not to be handled well.

TODO

Sortkeys

Replicate $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys

Deparse

Replicate $Data::Dumper::Deparse

Filehandles and other weird globs

Handle them, somehow

Tied data

Handle it, somehow. Be especially wary of stuff tied to databases, files, and other not-supposed-to-be-dumped things

Data::Dumper::Table::HTML

Should be a SMOP once this thing's in the air properly ;-)

LICENSE

Artistic 2.0