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•Created by Underscore on 9/4/2023 in #help

❔ 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?

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