Introduction to easy-table

easy-table is a versatile and user-friendly JavaScript library designed to easily manage and display tabular data. Whether you are developing web applications or working on a data analysis project, easy-table offers an array of functionalities to streamline your data management processes.

Getting Started with easy-table

 const Table = require('easy-table'); 

Creating a Simple Table

To create a basic table, you can use the following code snippet:

 const t = new Table();
t.cell('Name', 'John'); t.cell('Age', 25); t.newRow();
t.cell('Name', 'Jane'); t.cell('Age', 30); t.newRow();
console.log(t.toString()); 

Formatting Table Cells

easy-table allows you to format cells with various options, such as:

 t.cell('Price', 12345, Table.number(2)); t.cell('Date', new Date(), Table.date('%Y-%m-%d')); 

Sorting Tables

Sorting tables is simple with easy-table:

 t.sort(['Name|des']); 

Calculating Column Totals

You can easily calculate column totals:

 console.log(t.total('Age')); 

Generating a Table as HTML

If you need to export the table as HTML, simply use:

 console.log(t.print());  

App Example Using easy-table

Here is a simple example of an application using easy-table:

 const Table = require('easy-table');
const data = [
    { Name: 'John', Age: 25, Location: 'New York' },
    { Name: 'Jane', Age: 30, Location: 'Los Angeles' },
    { Name: 'Frank', Age: 28, Location: 'Chicago' }
];
const t = new Table();
data.forEach(item => {
    t.cell('Name', item.Name);
    t.cell('Age', item.Age);
    t.cell('Location', item.Location);
    t.newRow();
});
console.log(t.toString()); 

In conclusion, easy-table is a powerful tool for efficiently managing and displaying tabular data with a variety of options for formatting, sorting, and calculations. Start using easy-table today to simplify your data management tasks!

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