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<h1>Module <code>pl.pretty</code></h1>
<p>Pretty-printing Lua tables.</p>
<p> Also provides a sandboxed Lua table reader and
a function to present large numbers in human-friendly format.</p>
<p> Dependencies: <a href="../libraries/pl.utils.html#">pl.utils</a>, <a href="../libraries/pl.lexer.html#">pl.lexer</a>, <a href="../libraries/pl.stringx.html#">pl.stringx</a>, <a href="../libraries/pl.pretty.html#debug">debug</a></p>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#read">read (s)</a></td>
<td class="summary">Read a string representation of a Lua table.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#load">load (s[, env[, paranoid]])</a></td>
<td class="summary">Read a Lua chunk.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#write">write (tbl[, space[, not_clever]])</a></td>
<td class="summary">Create a string representation of a Lua table.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#dump">dump (t[, filename])</a></td>
<td class="summary">Dump a Lua table out to a file or stdout.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#debug">debug (...)</a></td>
<td class="summary">Dump a series of arguments to stdout for debug purposes.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#number">number (num[, kind[, prec]])</a></td>
<td class="summary">Format large numbers nicely for human consumption.</td>
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<dt>
<a name = "read"></a>
<strong>read (s)</strong>
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<dd>
Read a string representation of a Lua table.
This function loads and runs the string as Lua code, but bails out
if it contains a function definition.
Loaded string is executed in an empty environment.
<h3>Parameters:</h3>
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<li><span class="parameter">s</span>
<span class="types"><a class="type" href="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4">string</a></span>
string to read in <code>{...}</code> format, possibly with some whitespace
before or after the curly braces. A single line comment may be present
at the beginning.
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<h3>Returns:</h3>
<ol>
a table in case of success.
If loading the string failed, return <code>nil</code> and error message.
If executing loaded string failed, return <code>nil</code> and the error it raised.
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<strong>load (s[, env[, paranoid]])</strong>
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Read a Lua chunk.
<h3>Parameters:</h3>
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<li><span class="parameter">s</span>
<span class="types"><a class="type" href="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4">string</a></span>
Lua code.
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<li><span class="parameter">env</span>
<span class="types"><span class="type">tab</span></span>
environment used to run the code, empty by default.
(<em>optional</em>)
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<li><span class="parameter">paranoid</span>
<span class="types"><span class="type">bool</span></span>
abort loading if any looping constructs a found in the code
and disable string methods.
(<em>optional</em>)
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the environment in case of success or <code>nil</code> and syntax or runtime error
if something went wrong.
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<strong>write (tbl[, space[, not_clever]])</strong>
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Create a string representation of a Lua table.
This function never fails, but may complain by returning an
extra value. Normally puts out one item per line, using
the provided indent; set the second parameter to an empty string
if you want output on one line.</p>
<p> <em>NOTE:</em> this is NOT a serialization function, not a full blown
debug function. Checkout out respectively the
<a href="https://github.com/pkulchenko/serpent">serpent</a>
or <a href="https://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua">inspect</a>
Lua modules for that if you need them.
<h3>Parameters:</h3>
<ul>
<li><span class="parameter">tbl</span>
<span class="types"><span class="type">tab</span></span>
Table to serialize to a string.
</li>
<li><span class="parameter">space</span>
<span class="types"><a class="type" href="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4">string</a></span>
The indent to use.
Defaults to two spaces; pass an empty string for no indentation.
(<em>optional</em>)
</li>
<li><span class="parameter">not_clever</span>
<span class="types"><span class="type">bool</span></span>
Pass <code>true</code> for plain output, e.g <code>{['key']=1}</code>.
Defaults to <code>false</code>.
(<em>optional</em>)
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Returns:</h3>
<ol>
<li>
a string</li>
<li>
an optional error message</li>
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<strong>dump (t[, filename])</strong>
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Dump a Lua table out to a file or stdout.
<h3>Parameters:</h3>
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<li><span class="parameter">t</span>
<span class="types"><span class="type">tab</span></span>
The table to write to a file or stdout.
</li>
<li><span class="parameter">filename</span>
<span class="types"><a class="type" href="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4">string</a></span>
File name to write too. Defaults to writing
to stdout.
(<em>optional</em>)
</li>
</ul>
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<a name = "debug"></a>
<strong>debug (...)</strong>
</dt>
<dd>
Dump a series of arguments to stdout for debug purposes.
This function is attached to the module table <code>__call</code> method, to make it
extra easy to access. So the full:</p>
<pre><code> print(require("pl.pretty").write({...}))
</code></pre>
<p> Can be shortened to:</p>
<pre><code> require"pl.pretty" (...)
</code></pre>
<p> Any <code>nil</code> entries will be printed as <code>"<nil>"</code> to make them explicit.
<h3>Parameters:</h3>
<ul>
<li><span class="parameter">...</span>
the parameters to dump to stdout.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage:</h3>
<ul>
<pre class="example"><span class="comment">-- example debug output
</span><span class="global">require</span><span class="string">"pl.pretty"</span> (<span class="string">"hello"</span>, <span class="keyword">nil</span>, <span class="string">"world"</span>, { bye = <span class="string">"world"</span>, <span class="keyword">true</span>} )
<span class="comment">-- output:
</span>{
[<span class="string">"arg 1"</span>] = <span class="string">"hello"</span>,
[<span class="string">"arg 2"</span>] = <span class="string">"<nil>"</span>,
[<span class="string">"arg 3"</span>] = <span class="string">"world"</span>,
[<span class="string">"arg 4"</span>] = {
<span class="keyword">true</span>,
bye = <span class="string">"world"</span>
}
}</pre>
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<strong>number (num[, kind[, prec]])</strong>
</dt>
<dd>
Format large numbers nicely for human consumption.
<h3>Parameters:</h3>
<ul>
<li><span class="parameter">num</span>
<span class="types"><a class="type" href="../libraries/pl.pretty.html#number">number</a></span>
a number.
</li>
<li><span class="parameter">kind</span>
<span class="types"><a class="type" href="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4">string</a></span>
one of <code>'M'</code> (memory in <code>KiB</code>, <code>MiB</code>, etc.),
<code>'N'</code> (postfixes are <code>'K'</code>, <code>'M'</code> and <code>'B'</code>),
or <code>'T'</code> (use commas as thousands separator), <code>'N'</code> by default.
(<em>optional</em>)
</li>
<li><span class="parameter">prec</span>
<span class="types"><span class="type">int</span></span>
number of digits to use for <code>'M'</code> and <code>'N'</code>, <code>1</code> by default.
(<em>optional</em>)
</li>
</ul>
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