I got tired of having misaligned text output, so I implemented a Tab or Comma
Separated String Ruler. This permits placing a JavaScript String into columns.
Attach the String$ruler function to the String object.
String.prototype.ruler = String$ruler;
alert('Hello,World'.ruler('C20,C20')); A =
'123.567 \t 12'; alert(A.ruler('F10.2,F10.2'));
(alert does not use a fixed size font. Do not use for multiple lines, this is why
"popup" is used in the example code tab,
or copy alert text and paste into something with courier font capabilities,
NOTEPAD, WORD, HTML, ...)
Tab or Comma Separated Columns (not case sensitive)
COURIER FONT ONLY
| Global Operations, non-positional | |
| Gc | column gutters using "c" character (ie. "G|"), one space before and after (no text used) |
| FIT | Truncate all columns when required (no text used) |
| Spacing Operator, no text is used | |
| Xn | Skip N Columns before placing a column (no text used) |
| Column Operators, text is used | |
| Cn | Column width of size N, CENTER justified text |
| Ln | Column width of size N, LEFT justified text |
| Rn | Column width of size N, RIGHT justified text |
| Zn | Column width of size N, leading zero filled text |
| Dn | Column width of size N, trailing DOT filled text |
| Fn.m | Column width of size N, convert to a decimal number, RIGHT justified M decimal places |
| Column Operators, no text is used (system adds text into the specified column) | |
| count:fmt | Insert Row Counter here (start from 1) "count:Z6" (' '.ruler() to reset counter) |
| index:fmt | Insert Row Index here (start from 0) "index:Z6" (' '.ruler() to reset counter) |