carputils.format Namespace Reference

Output formatting utilities. More...

Classes
class	Cell
class	Table
class	Summary

Functions
def	terminal_width (fallback=70)
	Get the width of the terminal, in characters. More...
def	hline (char='-', fallback=70)
def	header (description, char='-', fallback=70)
def	dot_pad (string, length)
def	stringtable (strlist, ncolumns=4, padding=3, rowprefix='')
def	linewrap (content, length)
def	command_line (cmd, optionals=True, cols=None, prefix='')
	Nicely format a command line for output to terminal. More...

Detailed Description

Output formatting utilities.

Function Documentation

command_line()

def carputils.format.command_line	(		cmd,
			optionals = True,
			cols = None,
			prefix = ''
	)

Nicely format a command line for output to terminal.

If joining the arguments with single spaces results in a string that will fit on one line, this is returned. Otherwise, a string containing the command line nicely displayed over many lines is returned.

Parameters

cmd list list of strings representing command line arguments optionals bool, optional If True (default), flags starting with '-' start new lines. If False, all arguments are on new lines. cols int, optional Specify the number of columns to fit inside, default: terminal width prefix str, optional A string to prefix each line of the formatted output

Returns

str The formatted command line

dot_pad()

def carputils.format.dot_pad	(		string,
			length
	)

header()

def carputils.format.header	(		description,
			char = '-',
			fallback = 70
	)

hline()

def carputils.format.hline	(		char = '-',
			fallback = 70
	)

linewrap()

def carputils.format.linewrap	(		content,
			length
	)

stringtable()

def carputils.format.stringtable	(		strlist,
			ncolumns = 4,
			padding = 3,
			rowprefix = ''
	)

terminal_width()

def carputils.format.terminal_width

(

fallback = 70

)

Get the width of the terminal, in characters.

Parameters

fallback int The default width to use when the width cannot be determined (default: 100)

Returns

int The number of columns in the output