Can't add a separator before last row

[zzantares]

Hi, just getting started with this lib, however I need to add a separator before the last row and I don't see how, is it possible to do it?

+------+---------+-------+----------+
| Seat | Markers | MXN   | Checkout |
+------+---------+-------+----------+
|  1   |  60     |  600  |    600   |
|  2   |  30     |  600  |   -600   |
|  3   |  10     |  300  |    300   |
|  1   |  10     |  100  |   -100   |
+------+---------+-------+----------+
|      |         | Total |   +200   |
+------+---------+-------+----------+

That final row (Total) how could I divide it from the other above it? Is it possible?

Thanks!

[djm]

@zzantares Sadly it doesn't support this at the moment.

horizontal_style can be one of [:off, :frame, :header, :all] but there is no :footer or :header_and_footer option yet. I'm also not totally sure there should be as there starts to become too many edge-case options and we can't possibly cover every scenario - it sounds more like it should be something that should be configurable at the row level.

We have put_column_meta to control column level meta (alignment etc). We could possibly have a put_row_meta with a :separator or :delimit boolean denoting that that row should be surrounded.

This is a substantial amount of work, I will attempt to get to it soon but I can't make any promises unless someone else would like to pick it up (and we can then better spec out what the new API would look like).

[zzantares]

Thanks a lot for the honest words, no worries, in the mean time I added a row with -- as values, it doesn't look as good as I wanted to but at least makes visible that division.

I'll keep an eye in the project for this to be implemented.

Thanks!

[djm]

@zzantares

That's one hack, another probably visually better hack is to take advantage of the fact it just returns a string and insert a new row that way. Given the example:

header = ["Artist", "Track", "Label", "Year"]
rows = [
  ["Konflict", "Cyanide", "Renegade Hardware", 1999],
  ["Marcus Intalex", "Temperance", "Soul:r", 2004],
  ["Kryptic Minds", "The Forgotten", "Defcom Records", 2007]
]
# Split the output on new lines and store the list for later.
table = TableRex.quick_render!(rows, header) |> String.split("\n")
# Take the first line as we can duplicate it and reinsert.
separator = table |> Enum.at(0)
table
# Reinsert the separator line into the table list.
|> List.insert_at(-4, separator)
# Turn the table list back into a newline-joined string.
|> Enum.join("\n")
# To display it.
|> IO.puts

Output would look like this:

+----------------+---------------+-------------------+------+
| Artist         | Track         | Label             | Year |
+----------------+---------------+-------------------+------+
| Konflict       | Cyanide       | Renegade Hardware | 1999 |
| Marcus Intalex | Temperance    | Soul:r            | 2004 |
+----------------+---------------+-------------------+------+
| Kryptic Minds  | The Forgotten | Defcom Records    | 2007 |
+----------------+---------------+-------------------+------+

Hope it helps? Wish it was a proper solution. I'm leaving this ticket open to serve as a reminder both to me when I get a chance or anyone that wants to pick it up.

[zzantares]

Thanks @djm, I've modified my code accordingly, your suggestion looks just the way I wanted.

Thanks!