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Arrange output into tables.

This module provides NSE scripts with a way to output structured tables similar to what NmapOutputTable.cc provides.

Example usage:

local t = tab.new()
tab.add(t, 1, 'A1')
tab.add(t, 2, 'A2')
tab.nextrow(t)
tab.add(t, 1, 'BBBBBBBBB1')
tab.add(t, 2, 'BBB2')
tab.nextrow(t)
tab.addrow(t, 'C1', 'C2')
tab.dump(t)

tab.add works on the bottom-most row until tab.nextrow is called. Think of tab.nextrow as typing Enter at the end of a line. tab.addrow adds a whole row at a time and calls tab.nextrow automatically.

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Source: https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/nselib/tab.lua

Functions

add (t, c, v)

Add a new string item to a table at a given column position.

addrow (t, ...)

Add a complete row to the table and move on to the next row.

dump (t)

Return a formatted string representation of the table.

new ()

Create and return a new table.

nextrow (t)

Move on to the next row in the table.

Functions

add (t, c, v)

Add a new string item to a table at a given column position.

The item will be added to the current row. If nextrow hasn't been called yet that will be row 1.

Parameters

t

The table.

c

The column position at which to add the item.

v

The string to add.

addrow (t, ...)

Add a complete row to the table and move on to the next row.

Calls add for each argument starting with the second argument and after that calls nextrow.

Parameters

t

The table.

...

The elements to add to the row.

dump (t)

Return a formatted string representation of the table.

The number of spaces in a column is based on the largest element in the column with an additional two spaces for padding.

Parameters

t

The table.

new ()

Create and return a new table.

Return value:

A new table.

nextrow (t)

Move on to the next row in the table.

If this is not called then previous column values will be over-written by subsequent values.

Parameters

t

The table.