ascii-tables

Quickly format tables in ASCII. Great for code comments, or Github Markdown!

Play with it: http://ozh.github.io/ascii-tables/

Input text like this

Col1	Col2	Col3	Numeric Column
Value 1	Value 2	123	10.0
Separate	cols    with a tab or 4 spaces	-2,027.1
This is a row with only one cell

Press Create Table to get something like:

ASCII table (mysql style)

+----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------+
|               Col1               |  Col2   |          Col3          | Numeric Column |
+----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------+
| Value 1                          | Value 2 | 123                    |           10.0 |
| Separate                         | cols    | with a tab or 4 spaces |       -2,027.1 |
| This is a row with only one cell |         |                        |                |
+----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------+

ASCII table (separated style)

+==================================+=========+========================+================+
|               Col1               |  Col2   |          Col3          | Numeric Column |
+==================================+=========+========================+================+
| Value 1                          | Value 2 | 123                    |           10.0 |
+----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------+
| Separate                         | cols    | with a tab or 4 spaces |       -2,027.1 |
+----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------+
| This is a row with only one cell |         |                        |                |
+----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------+

ASCII table (compact style)

                Col1                  Col2              Col3            Numeric Column  
 ---------------------------------- --------- ------------------------ ---------------- 
  Value 1                            Value 2   123                                10.0  
  Separate                           cols      with a tab or 4 spaces         -2,027.1  
  This is a row with only one cell                                                      

ASCII table (Github Markdown style)

|               Col1               |  Col2   |          Col3          | Numeric Column |
|----------------------------------|---------|------------------------|----------------|
| Value 1                          | Value 2 | 123                    |           10.0 |
| Separate                         | cols    | with a tab or 4 spaces |       -2,027.1 |
| This is a row with only one cell |         |                        |                |

ASCII table (Reddit Markdown style)

               Col1               |  Col2   |          Col3          | Numeric Column 
----------------------------------|---------|------------------------|----------------
 Value 1                          | Value 2 | 123                    |           10.0 
 Separate                         | cols    | with a tab or 4 spaces |       -2,027.1 
 This is a row with only one cell |         |                        |                

ASCII table (reStructuredText Grid style)

+----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------+
|               Col1               |  Col2   |          Col3          | Numeric Column |
+==================================+=========+========================+================+
| Value 1                          | Value 2 | 123                    |           10.0 |
| Separate                         | cols    | with a tab or 4 spaces |       -2,027.1 |
| This is a row with only one cell |         |                        |                |
+----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------+

ASCII table (reStructuredText Simple style)

 ================================== ========= ======================== ================ 
                Col1                  Col2              Col3            Numeric Column  
 ================================== ========= ======================== ================ 
  Value 1                            Value 2   123                                10.0  
  Separate                           cols      with a tab or 4 spaces         -2,027.1  
  This is a row with only one cell                                                      
 ================================== ========= ======================== ================ 

ASCII table (Jira style)

|| Col1                             || Col2    || Col3                   || Numeric Column ||
|  Value 1                          |  Value 2 |  123                    |  10.0           | 
|  Separate                         |  cols    |  with a tab or 4 spaces |  -2,027.1       | 
|  This is a row with only one cell |          |                         |                 | 

ASCII table (rounded style)

.----------------------------------.---------.------------------------.----------------.
|               Col1               |  Col2   |          Col3          | Numeric Column |
:----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------:
| Value 1                          | Value 2 | 123                    |           10.0 |
:----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------:
| Separate                         | cols    | with a tab or 4 spaces |       -2,027.1 |
:----------------------------------+---------+------------------------+----------------:
| This is a row with only one cell |         |                        |                |
'----------------------------------'---------'------------------------'----------------'

ASCII table (bubbles style)

 o88888888888888888888888888888888888(_)888888888(_)888888888888888888888888(_)88888888888888888o 
(_)               Col1               (_)  Col2   (_)          Col3          (_) Numeric Column (_)
(888888888888888888888888888888888888(_)888888888(_)888888888888888888888888(_)888888888888888888)
(_) Value 1                          (_) Value 2 (_) 123                    (_)           10.0 (_)
(_) Separate                         (_) cols    (_) with a tab or 4 spaces (_)       -2,027.1 (_)
(_) This is a row with only one cell (_)         (_)                        (_)                (_)
 O8oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo(_)ooooooooo(_)oooooooooooooooooooooooo(_)oooooooooooooooo8O 

ASCII table (girder style)

//==================================[]=========[]========================[]================\\
||               Col1               ||  Col2   ||          Col3          || Numeric Column ||
|]==================================[]=========[]========================[]================[|
|| Value 1                          || Value 2 || 123                    ||           10.0 ||
|| Separate                         || cols    || with a tab or 4 spaces ||       -2,027.1 ||
|| This is a row with only one cell ||         ||                        ||                ||
\\==================================[]=========[]========================[]================//

ASCII table (dots style)

........................................................................................
:               Col1               :  Col2   :          Col3          : Numeric Column :
:..................................:.........:........................:................:
: Value 1                          : Value 2 : 123                    :           10.0 :
: Separate                         : cols    : with a tab or 4 spaces :       -2,027.1 :
: This is a row with only one cell :         :                        :                :
:..................................:.........:........................:................:

Unicode table

╔══════════════════════════════════╦═════════╦════════════════════════╦════════════════╗
║               Col1               ║  Col2   ║          Col3          ║ Numeric Column ║
╠══════════════════════════════════╬═════════╬════════════════════════╬════════════════╣
║ Value 1                          ║ Value 2 ║ 123                    ║           10.0 ║
║ Separate                         ║ cols    ║ with a tab or 4 spaces ║       -2,027.1 ║
║ This is a row with only one cell ║         ║                        ║                ║
╚══════════════════════════════════╩═════════╩════════════════════════╩════════════════╝

Unicode (single line) table

┌──────────────────────────────────┬─────────┬────────────────────────┬────────────────┐
│               Col1               │  Col2   │          Col3          │ Numeric Column │
├──────────────────────────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────────┼────────────────┤
│ Value 1                          │ Value 2 │ 123                    │           10.0 │
│ Separate                         │ cols    │ with a tab or 4 spaces │       -2,027.1 │
│ This is a row with only one cell │         │                        │                │
└──────────────────────────────────┴─────────┴────────────────────────┴────────────────┘

Github Markdown table

|               Col1               |  Col2   |          Col3          | Numeric Column |
|----------------------------------|---------|------------------------|----------------|
| Value 1                          | Value 2 | 123                    |           10.0 |
| Separate                         | cols    | with a tab or 4 spaces |       -2,027.1 |
| This is a row with only one cell |         |                        |                |

Jira table

||             Col1               ||  Col2  ||          Col3         || Numeric Column ||
| Value 1                          | Value 2 | 123                    |           10.0 |
| Separate                         | cols    | with a tab or 4 spaces |       -2,027.1 |
| This is a row with only one cell |         |                        |                |

Wikimedia markup

Or even a boring html <table>

Leading characters can be added by selecting a comment style:

Style	Characters	Usage
none	""	no comment style applied
doubleslant	"// "	C++/C#/F#/Java/JavaScript/Swift
hash	"# "	Perl/PowerShell/Python/R/Ruby
doubledash	"-- "	ada/AppleScript/Haskell/Lua/SQL
percent	"% "	MATLAB
singlespace	" " (1 space)	wikimedia
quadspace	"    " (4 spaces)	reddit
singlequote	"' " (single quote)	VBA
rem	"REM "	BASIC/DOS batch file
c	"C "	Fortran IV
exclamation	"! "	Fortran 90
slantsplat	"/* ... */ "	CSS
xml	"<!-- ... -->"	XML