NAME

Markdown::Table - Create and parse tables in Markdown

VERSION

version 0.04

SYNOPSIS

To generate a table

    use Markdown::Table;

    my $table   = Markdown::Table->new;
    my @columns = qw(Id Name Role);
    $table->set_cols( @columns );

    my @data = (
        [ 1, 'John Smith', 'Testrole' ],
        [ 2, 'Jane Smith', 'Admin' ],
    );

    $table->add_rows( @data );

    print $table->get_table;

To get tables from an existing Markdown document

    use Markdown::Table;

    my $markdown = q~
    This table shows all employees and their role.

    | Id | Name | Role |
    |---|---|---|
    | 1 | John Smith | Testrole |
    | 2 | Jane Smith | Admin |
    ~;

    my @tables = Markdown::Table->parse(
        $markdown,
    );

    print $tables[0]->get_table;

ATTRIBUTES

These are read-only attributes

• cols

• rows

METHODS

new

Create a new object

    use Markdown::Table;

    my @columns = qw(Id Name Role);
    my @data = (
        [ 1, 'John Smith', 'Testrole' ],
        [ 2, 'Jane Smith', 'Admin' ],
    );


    my $table = Markdown::Table->new(
        cols => \@columns,
        rows => \@data,
    );

    # or

    my $table = Markdown::Table->new;
    $table->set_cols( @columns );
    $table->add_rows( @data );

set_cols

Set the columns of the table

    my @columns = qw(Id Name Role);
    $table->set_cols( @columns );

add_rows

Add a row to the table

    my @data = (
        [ 1, 'John Smith', 'Testrole' ],
        [ 2, 'Jane Smith', 'Admin' ],
    );
    $table->add_rows( @data );

get_table

Get the table in markdown format

    my $md_table = $table->get_table

parse

Parses the Markdown document and creates a Markdown::Table object for each table found in the document.

    use Markdown::Table;

    my $markdown = q~
    This table shows all employees and their role.

    | Id | Name | Role |
    +---+---+---+
    | 1 | John Smith | Testrole |
    | 2 | Jane Smith | Admin |
    ~;

    my @tables = Markdown::Table->parse(
        $markdown,
    );

    print $tables[0]->get_table;

SEE ALSO

If you just want to generate tables for Markdown documents, you can use Text::ASCIITable. This is the module, Markdown::Table uses for table generation, too.

AUTHOR

Renee Baecker <reneeb@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2020 by Renee Baecker.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

cpanm Markdown::Table

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Markdown::Table