ListToColumns

Have a list of strings but want to display it in a compact column format? ListToColumns is the tool for the job!

It turns boring lists like:

Dedanim signally eyebright unpebbled ureterolithic boyishly

or:

 * Haidan
 * Soleidae
 * paleoanthropological
 * Peba
 * biaxillary
 * preultimate
 * convivialist
 * amphistome
 * shoaly
 * cornloft

...into glorious multi-columnar lists:

conventual     uranospinite  scallom
enantiopathia  biserially    Bogomil
scyphozoan     Addisonian    mislayer

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'list_to_columns'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install list_to_columns

ListToColumns.new <list>, [options]

Options:

• :indent -- How much to indent the columns. Defaults to 0.
• :width -- The width of the text to display. Defaults to 78.
• :space -- The space between columns. Defaults to 2.

require 'list_to_columns'

words = %w(
  antipyic
  baccheion
  conormal
  diet
  extracloacal
  fadridden
  germifuge
  hovering
  isomerical
  jagrata
  knuclesome
  libidinal
  myoclonic
  nonunionism
  overmarl
  parochialization
  quadriparous
  radiotelegraph
  sobby
  tailpipe
  undefectiveness
  vintaging
  wheaten
  xanthydrol
  yesso
  zircofluoride
)

puts ListToColumns.new(words, width: 60, space: 3)

Output:

antipyic           jagrata            sobby
baccheion          knuclesome         tailpipe
conormal           libidinal          undefectiveness
diet               myoclonic          vintaging
extracloacal       nonunionism        wheaten
fadridden          overmarl           xanthydrol
germifuge          parochialization   yesso
hovering           quadriparous       zircofluoride
isomerical         radiotelegraph

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake rspec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/docwhat/list\_to\_columns.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.