The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Data::UNLreport
DSLIP: RdpOp
description: Formats delimited data into uniform columns
userid: JASALOMON (Jacob Salomon)
chapterid: 6 (Data_Type_Utilities)
communities:
similar:
Data:Report
rationale:
This was not conceived as a general purpose report writer. The
intent is to find the maximum width of each columns and pad it with
spaces on the left or right or zeros to right of a decimal point to
keep all columns aligned and the data readable.
The original purpose is to beautify the output of an UNLOAD command
in an Informix database. It is also equipped to handle the
non-delimited BLOB data that gets unloaded together with the
delimited data.
Only now that it has been made into a class have I realized other
potential enhancements, not normally part of a standard report
writer. e.g. Setting the maximum width for selected columns; data
would continue to output to that column only, leaving blank the
completed columns of that row. (Then again, with 5,000 Report
modules out there, it might have been done by someone.)
enteredby: JASALOMON (Jacob Salomon)
enteredon: Thu Mar 3 06:36:10 2011 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
Data::
::UNLreport RdpOp Formats delimited data into uniform columns JASALOMON
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