Align columns
class Format(text, width) {
method align(j) {
text.map { |row|
row.range.map { |i|
'%-*s ' % (width[i],
'%*s' % (row[i].len + (width[i]-row[i].len * j/2), row[i]));
}.join("");
}.join("\n") + "\n";
}
}
func Formatter(text) {
var textArr = [];
var widthArr = [];
text.each_line {
var words = .split('$');
textArr.append(words);
words.each_kv { |i, word|
if (i == widthArr.len) {
widthArr.append(word.len);
}
elsif (word.len > widthArr[i]) {
widthArr[i] = word.len;
}
}
}
return Format(textArr, widthArr);
}
enum |left, middle, right|;
const text = <<'EOT';
Given$a$text$file$of$many$lines,$where$fields$within$a$line$
are$delineated$by$a$single$'dollar'$character,$write$a$program
that$aligns$each$column$of$fields$by$ensuring$that$words$in$each$
column$are$separated$by$at$least$one$space.
Further,$allow$for$each$word$in$a$column$to$be$either$left$
justified,$right$justified,$or$center$justified$within$its$column.
EOT
var f = Formatter(text);
say f.align(left);
say f.align(middle);
say f.align(right);
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