NAME Markdown::Table - Create and parse tables in Markdown VERSION version 0.04 SYNOPSIS To generate a table use Markdown::Table; my $table = Markdown::Table->new; my @columns = qw(Id Name Role); $table->set_cols( @columns ); my @data = ( [ 1, 'John Smith', 'Testrole' ], [ 2, 'Jane Smith', 'Admin' ], ); $table->add_rows( @data ); print $table->get_table; To get tables from an existing Markdown document use Markdown::Table; my $markdown = q~ This table shows all employees and their role. | Id | Name | Role | |---|---|---| | 1 | John Smith | Testrole | | 2 | Jane Smith | Admin | ~; my @tables = Markdown::Table->parse( $markdown, ); print $tables[0]->get_table; ATTRIBUTES These are read-only attributes * cols * rows METHODS new Create a new object use Markdown::Table; my @columns = qw(Id Name Role); my @data = ( [ 1, 'John Smith', 'Testrole' ], [ 2, 'Jane Smith', 'Admin' ], ); my $table = Markdown::Table->new( cols => \@columns, rows => \@data, ); # or my $table = Markdown::Table->new; $table->set_cols( @columns ); $table->add_rows( @data ); set_cols Set the columns of the table my @columns = qw(Id Name Role); $table->set_cols( @columns ); add_rows Add a row to the table my @data = ( [ 1, 'John Smith', 'Testrole' ], [ 2, 'Jane Smith', 'Admin' ], ); $table->add_rows( @data ); get_table Get the table in markdown format my $md_table = $table->get_table parse Parses the Markdown document and creates a Markdown::Table object for each table found in the document. use Markdown::Table; my $markdown = q~ This table shows all employees and their role. | Id | Name | Role | +---+---+---+ | 1 | John Smith | Testrole | | 2 | Jane Smith | Admin | ~; my @tables = Markdown::Table->parse( $markdown, ); print $tables[0]->get_table; SEE ALSO If you just want to generate tables for Markdown documents, you can use Text::ASCIITable. This is the module, Markdown::Table uses for table generation, too. AUTHOR Renee Baecker COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 2020 by Renee Baecker. This is free software, licensed under: The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)