NAME

Data::Tabular - Handy Table Manipulation and rendering Object

SYNOPSIS

use Data::Tabular;

$table = Data::Tabular->new(
    headers => ['one', 'two'],
    data    => [
         ['a', 'b'],
         ['c', 'd']
    ],
    extra_headers => [ 'three' ],
    extra => {
        'three' => sub {
            my $self = shift;
            my $a = $self->get('one');
            my $b = $self->get('two');
            $a . $b;
        },
    },
    group_by => {
    },
    output => {
        headers => [ 'three', 'one', 'two' ],
    },
);

DESCRIPTION

Data::Tabular has four major sections:

The data section. This is the base table, it contains a set of rows that is made up of named columns.

The extra section. This is a set of named columns that are added to the table.

The group_by section. This is allows titles, and subtotals to be inserted into table.

The output section. This allows the output to be formated and rendered for a particular type of output. Currently HTML and Excel spreadsheets are supported.

Of these only the data section is required.

Data Section

The Data section consists of two pieces of information a list of headers names and a 2 dimensional array of data.

API

Constructor

new

The new method

Output Control Methods

title

Control output titles.

Accessor Methods

data

The data method returns a Data::Table object.

extra

The extra method returns a Data::Table::Extra object.

grouped

The grouped method returns a Data::Table::Grouped object.

headers

The headers method returns the available headers in the Data::Table::Extra object. This is the headers from both the data section and the extra section. These are the headers that can be in the output section.

Configure Methods

Display Methods

html

returns html representation of the table.

xml

returns xml representation of the table.

xls

returns xls representation of the table.

txt

returns text representation of the table.

csv

returns a comma separated representation of the table.

EXAMPLES

my $st = $dbh->prepare('Select * from my_test_table');
my $data = selectall_arrayref($st);
my $headers = $st->{NAMES}

my $table = Data::Tabular->new(
       data => $data,
       headers => $headers,
   );

AUTHOR

"G. Allen Morris III" <gam3@gam3.net>