Method: Tabbit#to_s

Defined in:
lib/tabbit.rb

#to_s ⇒ Object

Changes @table Array into format for printing to console.



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# File 'lib/tabbit.rb', line 21

def to_s
  @table[0].length.times do |n|
    self.instance_variable_set "@max_length_#{n}", 0.0

    # Finds the longest string in column
    @table.each do |line|
      if line[n].to_s.length >  self.instance_variable_get("@max_length_#{n}")
        self.instance_variable_set "@max_length_#{n}", line[n].length.to_f
      end
    end
  end

  divider '=', @table, new_line: true

  @table[0].length.times do |n|
    difference = self.instance_variable_get("@max_length_#{n}") - @table[0][n].to_s.length + 2

    cell = '|' + (' ' * 2) + @table[0][n].to_s.bold.red + (' ' * difference)
    @table[0][n] == @table[0].last ? puts(cell + '|') : print(cell)
  end

  divider '=', @table, new_line: true

  # Write the table body, amount of spaces depends on the maximum length of
  # that column.
  @table.length.times do |n|
    unless n == 0
      line = @table[n]
      line.length.times do |i|
        item = line[i]
        difference = self.instance_variable_get("@max_length_#{i}") - item.to_s.length + 2
        cell = '|' + (' ' * 2) + item.to_s + (' ' * difference)
        item == line.last ? puts(cell + '|') : print(cell)
      end
    end
  end

  divider '=', @table
end