NAME

Table::Simple::Column - A collection of data points organized into rows

DESCRIPTION

Typically you want to use this module in conjunction with Table::Simple table object.

ATTRIBUTES

width

This attribute stores the length of the widest element in the column including the name of the column.

name

This is a required attribute which stores the name of the column. It should match the name of an attribute on a class to be scanned by the software.

output_format

This attribute controls the output layout. This should match a method in Table::Simple::Output or a subclass of that. The following methods are available in the standard Table::Simple::Output class:

left_justify

center

right_justify

rows

This attribute is a collection of data elements corresponding to the attribute values matching the column name.

This attribute has a number of methods which permit you to manipulate the collection.

METHODS

add_row( $string )

This method adds a new row value (string scalar) to the collection.

get_rows

This method returns all values stored in the collection. It preserves the order in which values were added to the collection.

get_row

This method returns a specific value stored in collection. It takes the desired value's index as input and returns the value as output.

LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2010 Mark Allen

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.

AUTHOR

Mark Allen <mrallen1@yahoo.com>

SEE ALSO

Moose, Table::Simple, Table::Simple::Output