C#•10mo ago

❔ How does CsConsoleFormat work?

CsConsoleFormat and ConsoleTable are two different libraries to output C# objects into a formatted table in the terminal. CsConsoleFormat is more complex than consoletable. As a beginner to the language I'm kind of confused by the README on the CsConsoleFormat. https://github.com/Athari/CsConsoleFormat/blob/master/ReadMe.md

using static System.ConsoleColor;

var headerThickness = new LineThickness(LineWidth.Double, LineWidth.Single);

var doc = new Document(
    new Span("Order #") { Color = Yellow }, Order.Id, "\n",
    new Span("Customer: ") { Color = Yellow }, Order.Customer.Name,
    new Grid {
        Color = Gray,
        Columns = { GridLength.Auto, GridLength.Star(1), GridLength.Auto },
        Children = {
            new Cell("Id") { Stroke = headerThickness },
            new Cell("Name") { Stroke = headerThickness },
            new Cell("Count") { Stroke = headerThickness },
            Order.OrderItems.Select(item => new[] {
                new Cell(item.Id),
                new Cell(item.Name),
                new Cell(item.Count) { Align = Align.Right },
            })
        }
    }
);

ConsoleRenderer.RenderDocument(doc);

using static System.ConsoleColor;

var headerThickness = new LineThickness(LineWidth.Double, LineWidth.Single);

var doc = new Document(
    new Span("Order #") { Color = Yellow }, Order.Id, "\n",
    new Span("Customer: ") { Color = Yellow }, Order.Customer.Name,
    new Grid {
        Color = Gray,
        Columns = { GridLength.Auto, GridLength.Star(1), GridLength.Auto },
        Children = {
            new Cell("Id") { Stroke = headerThickness },
            new Cell("Name") { Stroke = headerThickness },
            new Cell("Count") { Stroke = headerThickness },
            Order.OrderItems.Select(item => new[] {
                new Cell(item.Id),
                new Cell(item.Name),
                new Cell(item.Count) { Align = Align.Right },
            })
        }
    }
);

ConsoleRenderer.RenderDocument(doc);

Unlike the README for ConsoleTables https://github.com/khalidabuhakmeh/ConsoleTables

// using ConsoleTables;
static void Main(String[] args)
{
    var table = new ConsoleTable("one", "two", "three");
    table.AddRow(1, 2, 3)
         .AddRow("this line should be longer", "yes it is", "oh");

    table.Write();
    Console.WriteLine();

    var rows = Enumerable.Repeat(new Something(), 10);

    ConsoleTable
        .From<Something>(rows)
        .Configure(o => o.NumberAlignment = Alignment.Right)
        .Write(Format.Alternative);

    Console.ReadKey();
}

// using ConsoleTables;
static void Main(String[] args)
{
    var table = new ConsoleTable("one", "two", "three");
    table.AddRow(1, 2, 3)
         .AddRow("this line should be longer", "yes it is", "oh");

    table.Write();
    Console.WriteLine();

    var rows = Enumerable.Repeat(new Something(), 10);

    ConsoleTable
        .From<Something>(rows)
        .Configure(o => o.NumberAlignment = Alignment.Right)
        .Write(Format.Alternative);

    Console.ReadKey();
}

I don't really see where CsConsoleFormat takes in data and when it is printed. I also can't find any more documentation on this library. How would I uses CsConsoleFormat to print a list of class instances and some of their attributes?

GitHub

CsConsoleFormat/ReadMe.md at master · Athari/CsConsoleFormat

.NET C# library for advanced formatting of console output [Apache] - Athari/CsConsoleFormat

GitHub

GitHub - khalidabuhakmeh/ConsoleTables: Print out a nicely formatte...

Print out a nicely formatted table in a console application C# - GitHub - khalidabuhakmeh/ConsoleTables: Print out a nicely formatted table in a console application C#

13 Replies

Angius•10mo ago

It seems the data is inside of Order Whatever and wherever that might be

Underscore•10mo ago

hmm and I'm not sure what Order could be either do iterables in C# have a Select method? what does that do? is it like a specialized for each?

Angius•10mo ago

It's LINQ, which is a collection of extension methods on IEnumerable<T> .Select() is more like .map() in JS

MODiX•10mo ago

Angius

REPL Result: Success

new[]{1, 2, 3, 4}.Select(x => x * 2)

new[]{1, 2, 3, 4}.Select(x => x * 2)

Result: List<int>

[
  2,
  4,
  6,
  8
]

[
  2,
  4,
  6,
  8
]

Compile: 531.837ms | Execution: 80.671ms | React with ❌ to remove this embed.

Angius•10mo ago

Applies some given method to each element

Underscore•10mo ago

alright that kind of helped thanks I'm gonna go reread some more docs

ero•10mo ago

maybe check out $spectre instead for something like this

MODiX•10mo ago

Spectre.Console is a .NET library that allows for easy creation of console UIs, text formatting in the console, and command-line argument parsing. https://spectreconsole.net/

Spectre.Console - Welcome!

Spectre.Console is a .NET library that makes it easier to create beautiful console applications.

ero•10mo ago

https://spectreconsole.net/widgets/table#usage

Underscore•10mo ago

is this better if I just want to print some c# objects?

ero•10mo ago

i'd say

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Accord•9mo ago

Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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