PrettyTable4J

PrettyTable4J is a CLI based library for printing tables on the console. This project is inspired from the Python prettytable module.

Features

• Simple and easy to use
• Support parsers
  • JSON
• Support multiple converters
  • Console
  • GitHub Flavored Markdown
  • HTML Table

How to Install

Using Maven

Add the JitPack repository to your Maven or Gradle build file. And add the dependency.

<project>
    ...
    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>jitpack.io</id>
            <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
        </repository>
    </repositories>
    
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.github.sarojaba</groupId>
            <artifactId>prettytable4j</artifactId>
            <version>662a2fb</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>

Using Gradle

allprojects {
    repositories {
        ...
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }
}
dependencies {
        compile 'com.github.sarojaba:prettytable4j:662a2fb'
}

Basic Usage

PrettyTable pt = PrettyTable
    .fieldNames("name", "age", "city")
    .addRow("john", 22, "new york")
    .addRow("elizabeth", 43, "chicago")
    .addRow("bill", 31, "atlanta")
    .addRow("mary", 18, "los angeles");

System.out.println(pt);

+-----------+-----+-------------+
| name      | age | city        |
+-----------+-----+-------------+
| john      | 22  | new york    |
| elizabeth | 43  | chicago     |
| bill      | 31  | atlanta     |
| mary      | 18  | los angeles |
+-----------+-----+-------------+

Sorting Table by Column

pt.sortTable("age")
System.out.println(pt);

+-----------+-----+-------------+
| name      | age | city        |
+-----------+-----+-------------+
| mary      |  18 | los angeles |
| john      |  22 | new york    |
| bill      |  31 | atlanta     |
| elizabeth |  43 | chicago     |
+-----------+-----+-------------+

Also, PrettyTable4J support to sort in descending order.

pt.sortTable("age", true);
System.out.println(pt);

+-----------+-----+-------------+
| name      | age | city        |
+-----------+-----+-------------+
| elizabeth |  43 | chicago     |
| bill      |  31 | atlanta     |
| john      |  22 | new york    |
| mary      |  18 | los angeles |
+-----------+-----+-------------+

Deleting Data

pt.deleteRow(2).deleteRow(1);

System.out.println(pt);

+------+-----+-------------+
| name | age | city        |
+------+-----+-------------+
| bill |  31 | atlanta     |
| mary |  18 | los angeles |
+------+-----+-------------+

Decimal mark

PrettyTable pt = PrettyTable
    .fieldNames("City name", "Area", "Population", "ann")
    .addRow("Adelaide",1295, 1158259, 600.5)
    .addRow("Brisbane",5905, 1857594, 1146.4)
    .addRow("Darwin", 112, 120900, 1714.7)
    .addRow("Hobart", 1357, 205556, 619.5)
    .addRow("Sydney", 2058, 4336374, 1214.8)
    .addRow("Melbourne", 1566, 3806092, 646.9)
    .addRow("Perth", 5386, 1554769, 869.4)
    .comma(true);

System.out.println(pt)        

+-----------+-------+------------+---------+
| City name | Area  | Population | ann     |
+-----------+-------+------------+---------+
| Adelaide  | 1,295 |  1,158,259 |   600.5 |
| Brisbane  | 5,905 |  1,857,594 | 1,146.4 |
| Darwin    |   112 |    120,900 | 1,714.7 |
| Hobart    | 1,357 |    205,556 |   619.5 |
| Sydney    | 2,058 |  4,336,374 | 1,214.8 |
| Melbourne | 1,566 |  3,806,092 |   646.9 |
| Perth     | 5,386 |  1,554,769 |   869.4 |
+-----------+-------+------------+---------+

Hide border

PrettyTable pt = PrettyTable
    .fieldNames("name", "age", "city")
    .addRow("john", 22, "new york")
    .addRow("elizabeth", 43, "chicago")
    .addRow("bill", 31, "atlanta")
    .addRow("mary", 18, "los angeles")
    .border(false);

System.out.println(pt);

name      age city       
john       22 new york   
elizabeth  43 chicago    
bill       31 atlanta    
mary       18 los angeles

JSON Object

PrettyTable pt = Parser.parseJson(
    "{\n" +
    "  \"name\": \"john\",\n" +
    "  \"age\": 22,\n" +
    "  \"city\": \"new york\"\n" +
    "}");

System.out.println(pt);

+------+----------+
| Name | Value    |
+------+----------+
| name | john     |
| age  |       22 |
| city | new york |
+------+----------+

JSON Array

PrettyTable pt = PrettyTable
                    .parser(new JsonParser())
                    .fromString(
                            "[{\n" +
                            "  \"name\": \"john\",\n" +
                            "  \"age\": 22,\n" +
                            "  \"city\": \"new york\"\n" +
                            "},{" +
                            "  \"name\": \"elizabeth\",\n" +
                            "  \"age\": 43,\n" +
                            "  \"city\": \"chicago\"\n" +
                            "}]");

System.out.println(pt);

+-----------+-----+----------+
| name      | age | city     |
+-----------+-----+----------+
| john      |  22 | new york |
| elizabeth |  43 | chicago  |
+-----------+-----+----------+

GitHub Flavored Markdown

PrettyTable pt = PrettyTable
    .fieldNames("name", "age", "city")
    .addRow("john", 22, "new york")
    .addRow("elizabeth", 43, "chicago")
    .addRow("bill", 31, "atlanta")
    .addRow("mary", 18, "los angeles")
    .converter(new GfmConverter());

System.out.println(pt);

| name | age | city |
| --- | --- | --- |
| john | 22 | new york |
| elizabeth | 43 | chicago |
| bill | 31 | atlanta |
| mary | 18 | los angeles |

HTML

PrettyTable pt = PrettyTable
    .fieldNames("name", "age", "city")
    .addRow("john", 22, "new york")
    .addRow("elizabeth", 43, "chicago")
    .addRow("bill", 31, "atlanta")
    .addRow("mary", 18, "los angeles")
    .converter(new HtmlConverter());

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>name</th>
    <th>age</th>
    <th>city</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>john</td>
    <td>22</td>
    <td>new york</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>elizabeth</td>
    <td>43</td>
    <td>chicago</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>bill</td>
    <td>31</td>
    <td>atlanta</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>mary</td>
    <td>18</td>
    <td>los angeles</td>
  </tr>
</table>