TextTabulator.Adapters.YamlDotNet

This is an auxillary library for TextTabulator that provides an integration with the popular YamlDotNet library that allows TextTabulator to consume YAML data.

Installation

First, install the TextTabulator main package and then this one.

Install the TextTabulator.Adapters.YamlDotNet Nuget package in your project.

nuget install JWelsch.TextTabulator.Adapters.YamlDotNet

How to Use

You can call the code like this:

using System.IO;
using TextTabulator;
using TextTabulator.Adapters.YamlDotNet;
using YamlDotNet.Core;

var yamlData =
"""
- name: Tyrannosaurus Rex
  weight: 6.7
  diet: Carnivore
  extinction: 66
- name: Triceratops
  weight: 8
  diet: Herbivore
  extinction: 66
- name: Apatosaurus
  weight: 33
  diet: Herbivore
  extinction: 147
- name: Archaeopteryx
  weight: 0.001
  diet: Omnivore
  extinction: 147
- name: Anklyosaurus
  weight: 4.8
  diet: Herbivore
  extinction: 66
- name: Stegosaurus
  weight: 3.8
  diet: Herbivore
  extinction: 147
- name: Hadrosaurus
  weight: 3
  diet: Herbivore
  extinction: 66
""";

using var textReader = new StringReader(csvData);
var parser = new Parser(textReader);

var yamlAdapter = new YamlDotNetTabulatorAdapter(parser);

var tabulator = new Tabulator();
var table = tabulator.Tabulate(yamlAdapter);

Console.WriteLine(table);

This will produce the output:

-----------------------------------------------
|name             |weight|diet     |extinction|
|-----------------+------+---------+----------|
|Tyrannosaurus Rex|6.7   |Carnivore|66        |
|-----------------+------+---------+----------|
|Triceratops      |8     |Herbivore|66        |
|-----------------+------+---------+----------|
|Apatosaurus      |33    |Herbivore|147       |
|-----------------+------+---------+----------|
|Archaeopteryx    |0.001 |Omnivore |147       |
|-----------------+------+---------+----------|
|Anklyosaurus     |4.8   |Herbivore|66        |
|-----------------+------+---------+----------|
|Stegosaurus      |3.8   |Herbivore|147       |
|-----------------+------+---------+----------|
|Hadrosaurus      |3     |Herbivore|66        |
-----------------------------------------------