Add support for formatting Strings as in print() (not in a addition to repr())

[GlenHertz]

If a column of strings contains " characters then they are printed like:

func(\"temp\")

I'd like to be able to print the table as in print, like:

func("temp")

I typically use PrettyTables for viewing "publication" results (not debugging Julia strings) so I think print should be the default format for strings. (Love this package, BTW.)

[ronisbr]

Hi @GlenHertz

If a column of strings contains " characters then they are printed like:

func(\"temp\")

I'd like to be able to print the table as in print, like:

func("temp")

I typically use PrettyTables for viewing "publication" results (not debugging Julia strings) so I think print should be the default format for strings.

I agree 100%! Indeed, this is a misunderstanding from my part about the function escape_string. Depending how you use it, it also scape the ", which we do not want. I will fix this today.

(Love this package, BTW.)

Thanks! I'm glad it is being useful :)

[ronisbr]

Done! Can you please test @GlenHertz using master?

julia> matrix = [ 1 """
       function str(str = "one string")
           return str
       end"""
       2 """
       function str(str = "")
           if isempty(str)
               return "one string"
           else
               return str
           end
       end"""];

julia> pretty_table(matrix, alignment = :l, linebreaks = true)
┌────────┬──────────────────────────────────┐
│ Col. 1 │ Col. 2                           │
├────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1      │ function str(str = "one string") │
│        │     return str                   │
│        │ end                              │
│ 2      │ function str(str = "")           │
│        │     if isempty(str)              │
│        │         return "one string"      │
│        │     else                         │
│        │         return str               │
│        │     end                          │
│        │ end                              │
└────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘

[GlenHertz]

I tested it and it works as desired, thanks! I also ran it through my other code just to see if anything would break and it all works fine.

[ronisbr]

Perfect! Thanks for the feedback.