Commit 5f2ecbff authored by Robert Griesemer's avatar Robert Griesemer

text/tabwriter: fix documentation by adding an example.

R=rsc, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5685069
parent 5ba08f42
// Copyright 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package tabwriter_test
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"text/tabwriter"
)
func ExampleWriter_Init() {
w := new(tabwriter.Writer)
// Format in tab-separated columns with a tab stop of 8.
w.Init(os.Stdout, 0, 8, 0, '\t', 0)
fmt.Fprintln(w, "a\tb\tc\td\t.")
fmt.Fprintln(w, "123\t12345\t1234567\t123456789\t.")
fmt.Fprintln(w)
w.Flush()
// Format right-aligned in space-separated columns of minimal width 5
// and at least one blank of padding (so wider column entries do not
// touch each other).
w.Init(os.Stdout, 5, 0, 1, ' ', tabwriter.AlignRight)
fmt.Fprintln(w, "a\tb\tc\td\t.")
fmt.Fprintln(w, "123\t12345\t1234567\t123456789\t.")
fmt.Fprintln(w)
w.Flush()
// output:
// a b c d .
// 123 12345 1234567 123456789 .
//
// a b c d.
// 123 12345 1234567 123456789.
}
......@@ -169,12 +169,6 @@ const (
// to the tab width in the viewer displaying the result)
// flags formatting control
//
// To format in tab-separated columns with a tab stop of 8:
// b.Init(w, 8, 1, 8, '\t', 0);
//
// To format in space-separated columns with at least 4 spaces between columns:
// b.Init(w, 0, 4, 8, ' ', 0);
//
func (b *Writer) Init(output io.Writer, minwidth, tabwidth, padding int, padchar byte, flags uint) *Writer {
if minwidth < 0 || tabwidth < 0 || padding < 0 {
panic("negative minwidth, tabwidth, or padding")
......
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