ShowTable(3)
NAME
ShowTable - routines to display tabular data in several formats.
USAGE
"use Data::ShowTable;"
ShowTable { parameter => value, ... };
ShowTable \@titles, \@types, \@widths, \&row_sub [, \&fmt_sub ];
ShowDatabases \@dbnames;
ShowDatabases { parameter => value, ... };
ShowTables \@tblnames;
ShowTables { parameter => value, ... };
ShowColumns \@columns, \@col_types, \@col_lengths, \@col_attrs;
ShowColumns { parameter => value, ... };
ShowBoxTable \@titles, \@types, \@widths, \&row_sub [, \&fmt_sub ];
ShowBoxTable { parameter => value, ... };
ShowSimpleTable \@titles, \@types, \@widths, \&row_sub [, \&fmt_sub];
ShowSimpleTable { parameter => value, ... };
ShowHTMLTable \@titles, \@types, \@widths, \&row_sub [, \&fmt_sub];
ShowHTMLTable { parameter => value, ... };
ShowListTable \@titles, \@types, \@widths, \&row_sub [, \&fmt_sub];
ShowListTable { parameter => value, ... };
"package Data::ShowTable";
$Show_Mode = 'mode';
$Max_Table_Width = number;
$Max_List_Width = number;
$No_Escape = flag;
%URL_Keys = { "$colname" => "$col_URL", ... };
@Title_Formats = ( fmt1_html, <fmt2_html>, ... );
@Data_Formats = ( fmt1_html, <fmt2_html>, ... );
ShowRow $rewindflag, \$index, $col_array_1 [, $col_array_2, ...;]
$fmt = ShowTableValue $value, $type, $max_width, $width, $precision,
$showmode;
[$plaintext = ] PlainText [$htmltext];
DESCRIPTION
The ShowTable module provides subroutines to display tabular data, typ-
ially from a database, in nicely formatted columns, in several formats.
Its arguments can either be given in a fixed order, or, as a single,
anonymous hash-array.
The output format for any one invocation can be one of four possible
styles:
Box A tabular format, with the column titles and the entire table
surrounded by a "box" of ""+"", ""-"", and ""|"" characters.
See "ShowBoxTable" for details.
Table A simple tabular format, with columns automatically aligned,
with column titles. See "ShowSimpleTable".
List A list style, where columns of data are listed as a
name:value pair, one pair per line, with rows being one or
more column values, separated by an empty line. See
"ShowListTable".
HTML The data is output as an HTML TABLE, suitable for display
through a Web-client. See "ShowHTMLTable". Input can either
be plain ASCII text, or text with embedded HTML elements,
depending upon an argument or global parameter.
The subroutines which perform these displays are listed below.
EXPORTED NAMES
This module exports the following subroutines:
ShowDatabases - show list of databases
ShowTables - show list of tables
ShowColumns - show table of column info
ShowTable - show a table of data
ShowRow - show a row from one or more columns
ShowTableValue - show a single column's value
ShowBoxTable - show a table of data in a box
ShowListTable - show a table of data in a list
ShowSimpleTable - show a table of data in a simple table
ShowHTMLTable - show a table of data using HTML
PlainText - convert HTML text into plain text
All of these subroutines, and others, are described in detail in the
following sections.
MODULES
ShowTable
Format and display the contents of one or more rows of data.
ShowTable { parameter => value, ... };
ShowTable \@titles, \@types, \@widths, \&row_sub [, \&fmt_sub [,
$max_width ] [, $show_mode ] ];
The ShowTable subroutine displays tabular data aligned in columns, with
headers. ShowTable supports four modes of display: Box, Table, List,
and HTML. Each mode is described separately below.
The arguments to ShowTable may be given in one of two ways: as a
hashed-array, or by a combination of fixed order arguments, and some
package-global variable settings. The hash-array parameters correspond
to the fixed arguments and the global-parameter settings.
In the list below, both the hash-array parameter name and the fixed-
order argument name is given as the value. In the case where there is
no fixed-order argument for a given parameter-value pair, then the cor-
responding global variable name is given.
"titles" => \@titles
A reference to an array of column names, or titles. If a
particular column name is null, then the string "Field_num"
is used by default. To have a column have no title, use the
empty string.
"types" => \@types
A reference to an array of types, one for each column. These
types are passed to the fmt_sub for appropriate formatting.
Also, if a column type matches the regexp
""/text|char|string/i"", then the column alignment will be
left-justified, otherwise it will be right-justified.
"widths" => \@widths
A reference to an array of column widths, which may be given
as an integer, or as a string of the form: "width.precision".
"row_sub" => \&row_sub
A reference to a subroutine which successively returns rows
of values in an array. It is called for two purposes, each
described separately:
* To fetch successive rows of data:
@row = &$row_sub(0);
When given a null, zero, or empty argument, the next row is
returned.
* To initialize or rewind the data traversal.
$rewindable = &$row_sub(1);
When invoked with a non-null argument, the subroutine should
rewind its row pointer to start at the first row of data. If
the data which row_sub is traversing is not rewindable, it
must return zero or null. If the data is rewindable, a
non-null, non-zero value should be returned.
The row_sub must expect to be invoked once with a non-null
argument, in order to discover whether or not the data is
rewindable. If the data cannot be rewound, row_sub will
thereafter only be called with a zero argument.
Specifically, row_sub subroutine is used in this manner:
$rewindable = &$row_sub(1);
if ($rewindable) {
while ((@row = &$row_sub(0)), $#row >= 0) {
# examine lengths for optimal formatting
}
&$row_sub(1); # rewind
}
while ((@row = &$row_sub(0)), $#row >= 0) {
# format the data
}
The consequence of data that is not rewindable, a reasonably
nice table will still be formatted, but it may contain fairly
large amounts of whitespace for wide columns.
"fmtsub" => \&fmt_sub
A reference to a subroutine which formats a value, according
to its type, width, precision, and the current column width.
It is invoked either with a fixed list of arguments, or with
a hash-array of parameter and value pairs.
$string = &fmt_sub { I<parameter> => I<value>, ... };
$string = &fmt_sub($value, $type, $max_width, $width, $precision)
If \&fmt_sub is omitted, then a default subroutine, ShowTabl-
eValue, will be used, which will use Perl's standard string
formatting rules.
The arguments to \&fmt_sub, either as values passed in a
fixed order, or as part of the parameter value pair, are
described in the section on "ShowTableValue below.
"max_width" => number,
The maximum table width, including the table formatting char-
acters. If not given, defaults to the global variable
$Max_Table_Width;
"show_mode" => 'mode',
The display mode of the output. One of five strings: 'Box',
'Table', 'Simple', 'List', and 'HTML'.
ShowDatabases
Show a list of database names.
ShowDatabases \@dbnames;
ShowDatabases { 'data' => \@dbnames, parameter => value, ...};
ShowDatabases is intended to be used to display a list of database
names, under the column heading of "Databases". It is a special case
usage of ShowTable (and can thus be passed any parameter suitable for
ShowTable.
The argument, \@dbnames, is a reference to an array of strings, used as
the values of the single column display.
ShowTables
Show an array of table names.
ShowTables \@tblnames;
ShowTables { 'data' => \@tblnames, parameter => value, ...};
ShowTables is used to display a list of table names, under the column
heading of "Tables". It is a special case usage of ShowTable, and can
be passed any "ShowTable" argument parameter.
ShowColumns
Display a table of column names, types, and attributes.
ShowColumns { parameter => values, ... };
ShowColumns \@columns, \@col_types, \@col_lengths, \@col_attrs;
The ShowColumns subroutine displays a table of column names, types,
lengths, and other attributes in a nicely formatted table. It is a
special case usage of ShowTable, and can be passed any argument suit-
able for "ShowTable";
The arguments are:
"columns" = \@columns
An array of column names. This provides the value for the
first column of the output.
"col_types" = \@col_types
An array of column types names. This provides the value for
the second column.
"col_lengths" = \@col_lengths
An array of maximum lengths for corresponding columns. This
provides the value for the third column of the output.
"col_attrs" = \@col_attrs
An array of column attributes array references (ie: an array
of arrays). The attributes array for the first column are at
"$col_attrs-\>[0]". The first attribute of the second column
is "$col_attrs-\>[1][0]".
The columns, types, lengths, and attributes are displayed in a table
with the column headings: "Column", "Type", "Length", and "Attributes".
This is a special case usage of ShowTable, and can be passed additional
arguments suitable for "ShowTable".
ShowBoxTable
Show tabular data in a box.
ShowBoxTable { parameter = value, ... };
ShowBoxTable \@titles, \@types, \@widths, \&row_sub [, [ \&fmt_sub ]
[, $max_width ] ];
The ShowBoxTable displays tabular data in titled columns using a "box"
of ASCII graphics, looking something like this:
+------------+----------+-----+----------+
| Column1 | Column2 | ... | ColumnN |
+------------+----------+-----+----------+
| Value11 | Value12 | ... | Value 1M |
| Value21 | Value22 | ... | Value 2M |
| Value31 | Value32 | ... | Value 3M |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |
| ValueN1 | ValueN2 | ... | Value NM |
+------------+----------+-----+----------+
The arguments are the same as with "ShowTable". If the @titles array
is empty, the header row is omitted.
ShowSimpleTable
Display a table of data using a simple table format.
ShowSimpleTable \@titles, \@types, \@widths, \&row_sub [, \&fmt_sub];
ShowSimpleTable { parameter => values, ... };
The ShowSimpleTable subroutine formats data into a simple table of
aligned columns, in the following example:
Column1 Column2 Column3
------- ------- -------
Value1 Value2 Value3
Value12 Value22 Value32
Columns are auto-sized by the data's widths, plus two spaces between
columns. Values which are too long for the maximum colulmn width are
wrapped within the column.
ShowHTMLTable
Display a table of data nicely using HTML tables.
ShowHTMLTable { parameter => value, ... };
ShowHTMLTable \@titles, \@types, \@widths, \&row_sub [, \&fmt_sub [,
$max_width [, \%URL_Keys [, $no_escape [, \@title_formats [,
\@data_formats [, $table_attrs ] ] ] ] ] ] ];
.PP The ShowHTMLTable displays one or more rows of columns of data
using the HTML "\<TABLE\"> feature. In addition to the usual parameter
arguments of "ShowTable", the following parameter arguments are
defined:
"url_keys" => \%URL_Keys,
This is a hash array of column names (titles) and correspond-
ing base URLs. The values of any column names or indexes
occuring as keys in the hash array will be generated as
hypertext anchors using the associated printf-like string as
the base URL. Either the column name or the column index
(beginning with 1) may be used as the hash key.
In the string value, these macros can be substituted:
"%K" is replaced with the column name.
"%V" is replaced with the column value;
"%I" is replaced with the column index.
For example, if we define the array:
$base_url = "http://www.$domain/cgi/lookup?col=%K?val=%V";
%url_cols = ('Author' => $base_url,
'Name' => $base_url);
Then, the values in the "Author" column will be generated
with the following HTML text:
<A HREF="http://www.$domain/cgi/lookup?col=Author?val=somevalue>somevalue</A>
and the values in the "Name" column will be generated with
the URL:
<A HREF="http://www.$domain/cgi/lookup?col=Name?val=othervalue>othervalue</A>
If this variable is not given, it will default to the global
variable "\%URL_Keys".
"no_escape" => boolean,
Unless $no_escape is set, HTML-escaping is performed on the
data values in order to properly display the special HTML
formatting characters : '\<', '\>', and '&'. If you wish to
display data with embedded HTML text, you must set
$no_escape.
Enabling embedded HTML, turns on certain heuristics which
enable the user to more completely define appearance of the
table. For instance, any "\<TR\"> tokens found embedded
*anywhere* within a row of data will be placed at the front
of the row, within the generated "\<TR\">.
Similarly, a row of data containing the "\<THEAD\"> or
"\<TFOOT\"> tokens, and their closing counterparts, will
begin and end, respectively a table header or footer data.
"title_formats" => \@title_formats,
"tformats" => \@title_formats,
An array of HTML formatting elements for the column titles,
one for each column. Each array element is a list of one or
more HTML elements, given as "\<ELEMENT\"> or plainly, "ELE-
MENT", and separated by a comma ',', semi-colon ';', or ver-
tical bar '|'. Each given HTML element is prepended to the
corresponding column title, in the order given. The corre-
sponding HTML closing elements are appended in the opposite
order.
For example, if \@title_formats contains the two elements:
[ 'FONT SIZE=+2,BOLD', 'FONT COLOR=red,EM' ]
then the text output for the title of the first column would
be:
<FONT SIZE=+2><BOLD>I<column_1_title></BOLD></FONT>
If "title_formats" is omitted, the global variable
@Title_Formats is used by default.
"data_formats" => \@data_formats,
"dformats" => \@data_formats,
Similar to "title_formats", this array provides HTML format-
ting for the columns of each row of data. If "data_formats"
is omitted or null, then the global variable \@Data_Formats
is used by default.
"table_attrs" => $table_attrs,
This variable defines a string of attributes to be inserted
within the "\<TABLE\"> token. For example, if the user
wishes to have no table border:
ShowHTMLTable {
...
table_attrs => 'BORDER=0',
...
};
ShowListTable
Display a table of data using a list format.
ShowListTable { parameter => value, ... };
ShowListTable \@titles, \@types, \@widths, \&row_sub [, \&fmt_sub [,
$max_width [, $wrap_margin ] ] ];
The arguments for ShowListTable are the same as for "ShowTable", except
for those described next.
"max_width" = number,
"wrap_margin" = number,
Lines are truncated, and wrapped when their length exceeds
$max_width. Wrapping is done on a word-basis, unless the
resulting right margin exceeds $wrap_margin, in which case
the line is simply truncated at the $max_width limit.
The $max_width variable defaults to $Max_List_Width. The
$wrap_margin defaults to $List_Wrap_Margin.
In List mode, columns (called "fields" in List mode) are displayed wth
a field name and value pair per line, with records being one or more
fields . In other words, the output of a table would look something
like this:
Field1_1: Value1_1
Field1_2: Value1_2
Field1_3: Value1_3
...
Field1-N: Value1_M
<empty line>
Field2_1: Value2_1
Field2_2: Value2_2
Field2_3: Value2_3
...
Field2_N: Value2_N
...
FieldM_1: ValueM_1
FieldM_2: ValueM_2
...
FieldM_N: ValueM_N
<empty line>
<empty line>
Characteristics of List mode:
o two empty lines indicate the end of data.
o An empty field (column) may be omitted, or may have a label,
but no data.
o A long line can be continue by a null field (column):
Field2: blah blah blah
: blah blah blah
o On a continuation, the null field is an arbitrary number of
leading white space, a colon ':', a single blank or tab, fol-
lowed by the continued text.
o Embedded newlines are indicated by the escape mechanism "\n".
Similarly, embedded tabs are indicated with "\t", returns
with "\r".
o If the @titles array is empty, the field names ""Field_"NN"
are used instead.
ShowRow
Fetch rows successively from one or more columns of data.
ShowRow $rewindflag, \$index, $col_array_1 [, $col_array_2, ...;]
The ShowRow subroutine returns a row of data from one or more columns
of data. It is designed to be used as a callback routine, within the
ShowTable routine. It can be used to select elements from one or more
array reference arguments.
If passed two or more array references as arguments, elements of the
arrays selected by $index are returned as the "row" of data.
If a single array argument is passed, and each element of the array is
itself an array, the subarray is returned as the "row" of data.
If the $rewindflag flag is set, then the $index pointer is reset to
zero, and "true" is returned (a scalar 1). This indicates that the
data is rewindable to the ShowTable routines.
When the $rewindflag is not set, then the current row of data, as
determined by $index is returned, and $index will have been incre-
mented.
An actual invocation (from ShowColumns) is:
ShowTable \@titles, \@types, \@lengths,
sub { &ShowRow( $_[0], \$current_row, $col_names, $col_types,
$col_lengths, \@col_attrs); };
In the example above, after each invocation, the $current_row argument
will have been incremented.
ShowTableValue
Prepare and return a formatted representation of a value. A value
argument, using its corresponding type, effective width, and precision
is formatted into a field of a given maximum width.
$fmt = ShowTableValue $value, $type, $max_width, $width, $precision,
$showmode;
"width" => $width
$width The width of the current value. If omittied, $max_width is
assumed.
"precision" => $precision
$precision
The number of decimal digits; zero is assumed if omittied.
"value" => $value
$value The value to be formatted.
$type The type name of the value; eg: "char", "varchar", "int",
etc.
"maxwidth" => $max_width
$max_width
The maximum width of any value in the current value's column.
If $width is zero or null, $max_width is used by default.
$max_width is also used as a minimum width, in case $width is
a smaller value.
$width The default width of the value, obtained from the width spec-
ification of the column in which this value occurs.
$precision
The precision specification, if any, from the column width
specification.
$showmode The mode of the output: one of "table", "list", "box", or
"html". Currently, only the "html" mode is significant: it
is used to avoid using HTML tokens as part of the formatted
text and length calculations.
PlainText
$plaintext = &PlainText($htmltext);
&PlainText
This function removes any HTML formatting sequences from the input
argument, or from $_ if no argument is given. The resulting plain text
is returned as the result.
VARIABLES
The following variables may be set by the user to affect the display
(with the defaults enclosed in square brackets [..]):
$Show_Mode [Box]
This is the default display mode when using ShowTable. The
environment variable, $ENV{'SHOW_MODE'}, is used when this
variable is null or the empty string. The possible values
for this variable are: "Box", "List", "Table", and "HTML".
Case is insignificant.
$List_Wrap_Margin [2]
This variable's value determines how large a margin to keep
before wrarpping a long value's display in a column. This
value is only used in "List" mode.
$Max_List_Width [80]
This variable, used in "List" mode, is used to determine how
long an output line may be before wrapping it. The environ-
ment variable, $ENV{'COLUMNS'}, is used to define this value
when it is null.
$Max_Table_Width ['']
This variable, when set, causes all tables to have their col-
umns scaled such that their total combined width does not
exceed this value. When this variable is not set, which is
the default case, there is no maximum table width, and no
scaling will be done.
$No_Escape ['']
If set, allows embedded HTML text to be included in the data
displayed in an HTML-formatted table. By default, the HTML
formatting characters ("<", ">", and "&") occuring in values
are escaped.
%URL_Keys In HTML mode, this variable is used to recognize which col-
umns are to be displayed with a corresponding hypertext
anchor. See "ShowHTMLTable" for more details.
@HTML_Elements
An array of HTML elements (as of HTML 3.0) used to recognize
and strip for width calculations.
$HTML_Elements
A regular expression string formed from the elements of
@HTML_Elements.
INTERNAL SUBROUTINES
get_params
my $args = &get_params \@argv, \%params, \@arglist;
Given the @argv originally passed to the calling sub, and the hash of
named parameters as %params, and the array of parameter names in the
order expected for a pass-by-value invocation, set the values of each
of the variables named in @vars.
If the only element of the @argv is a hash array, then set the vari-
ables to the values of their corresponding parameters used as keys to
the hash array. If the parameter is not a key of the %params hash, and
is not a key in the global hash %ShowTableParams, then an error is
noted.
When @argv has multiple elements, or is not a hash array, set each
variable, in the order given within @arglist, to the values from the
@argv, setting the variables named by each value in %params.
Variables may given either by name or by reference.
The result is a HASH array reference, either corresponding directly to
the HASH array passed as the single argument, or one created by associ-
ating the resulting variable values to the parameter names associated
with the variable names.
html_formats
($prefixes,$suffixes) = html_formats \@html_formats;
The html_format function takes an array reference of HTML formatting
elements \@html_formats, and builds two arrays of strings: the first:
$prefixes, is an array of prefixes containing the corresponding HTML
formatting elements from \@html_formats, and the second, $suffixes,
containing the appropriate HTML closing elements, in the opposite
order.
The result is designed to be used as prefixes and suffixes for the cor-
responding titles and column values.
The array \@html_formats contains lists of HTML formatting elements,
one for each column (either title or data). Each array element is a
list of one or more HTML elements, either given in HTML syntax, or as a
"plain" name (ie: given as "\<ELEMENT\"> or plainly, "ELEMENT"). Mul-
tiple elements are separated by a comma ','.
The resulting array of $prefixes contains the corresponding opening
elements, in the order given, with the proper HTML element syntax. The
resulting array of $suffixes contains the closing elements, in the
opposite order given, with the proper HTML element syntax.
For example, if \@html_formats contains the two elements:
[ 'FONT SIZE=+2,BOLD', 'FONT COLOR=red,EM' ]
then the resulting two arrays will be returned as:
[ [ '<FONT SIZE=+2><BOLD>', '<FONT COLOR=red><EM>' ],
[ '</FONT></BOLD>', '</FONT></EM>' ] ]
calc_widths
($num_cols, $widths, $precision, $max_widths) = &calc_widths( $width-
spec, $titles, $rewindable, $row_sub, $fmt_sub, $types, $showmode,
$max_width);
DESCRIPTION
calc_widths is a generalized subroutine used by all the ShowTable vari-
ant subroutines to setup internal variables prior to formatting for
display. Calc_widths handles the column width and precision analysis,
including scanning the data (if rewindable) for appropriate default
values.
The number of columns in the data is returned, as well as three arrays:
the declared column widths, the column precision values, and the maxi-
mum column widths.
RETURN VALUES
$num_cols is the number of columns in the data. If the data is not
rewindable, this is computed as the maximum of the number of
elements in the $widthspec array and the number of elements
in the $titles array. When the data is rewindable, this is
the maximum of the number of columns of each row of data.
$widths is the column widths array ref, without the precision specs
(if any). Each column's width value is determined by the
original $widthspec value and/or the maximum length of the
formatted data for the column.
$precision
is the precision component (if any) of the original $width-
spec array ref. If there was no original precision component
from the $widthspec, and the data is rewindable, then the
data is examined to determine the maximum default precision.
$max_widths
is the ref to the array of maximum widths for the given col-
umns.
ARGUMENTS
$widthspec
A reference to an array of column width (or length) values,
each given as an integer, real number, or a string value of
"width.precision". If a value is zero or null, the length of
the corresponding formatted data (if rewindable) and column
title length are used to determine a reasonable default.
If a column's width portion is a positive, non-zero number,
then the column will be this wide, regardless of the values
lengths of the data in the column.
If the column's width portion is given as a negative number,
then the positive value is used as a minimum column width,
with no limit on the maximum column width. In other words,
the column will be at least width characters wide.
If the data is not rewindable, and a column's width value is
null or zero, then the length of the column title is used.
This may cause severe wrapping of data in the column, if the
column data lengths are much greater than the column title
widths.
$titles The array ref to the column titles; used to determine the
minimum acceptable width, as well as the default number of
columns. If the $titles array is empty, then the $widthspec
array is used to determine the default number of columns.
$rewindable
A flag indicating whether or not the data being formatted is
rewindable. If this is true, a pass over the data will be
done in order to calculate the maximum lengths of the actual
formatted data, using $fmt_sub (below), rather than just rely
on the declared column lengths. This allows for optimal col-
umn width adjustments (ie: the actual column widths may be
less than the declared column widths).
If it is not desired to have the column widths dynamically
adjusted, then set the $rewindable argument to 0, even if the
data is rewindable.
$row_sub The code reference to the subroutine which returns the data;
invoked only if $rewindable is non-null.
$fmt_sub The subroutine used to determine the length of the data when
formatted; if this is omitted or null, the length of the data
is used by default. The $fmt_sub is used only when the data
is rewindable.
$types An array reference to the types of each of the value columns;
used only when $fmt_sub is invoked.
$showmode A string indicating the mode of the eventual display; one of
four strings: ""box"", ""table"", ""list"", and ""html"".
Used to adjust widths for formatting requirements.
$max_width
The maximum width of the table being formatted. If set, and
the total sum of the individual columns exceeds this value,
the column widths are scaled down uniformly. If not set
(null), no column width scaling is done.
putcell
$wrapped = &putcell( \@cells, $c, $cell_width, \@prefix, \@suffix,
$wrap_flag );
Output the contents of an array cell at $cell[$c], causing text longer
than $cell_width to be saved for output on subsequent calls. Prefixing
the output of each cell's value is a string from the two-element array
@prefix. Suffixing each cell's value is a string from the two-element
array @suffix. The first element of either array is selected when
$wrap_flag is zero or null, or when there is no more text in the cur-
rent to be output. The second element is selected when $wrap_flag is
non-zero, and when there is more text in the current cell to be output.
In the case of text longer than $cell_width, a non-zero value is
returned.
Cells with undefined data are not output, nor are the prefix or suffix
strings.
center
Center a string within a given width.
$field = center $string, $width;
max
Compute the maximum value from a list of values.
$max = &max( @values );
min
Compute the minum value from a list of values.
$min = &min( @values );
max_length
Compute the maximum length of a set of strings in an array reference.
$maxlength = &max_length( \@array_ref );
htmltext
Translate regular text for output into an HTML document. This means
certain characters, such as "&", ">", and "<" must be escaped.
$output = &htmltext( $input [, $allflag ] );
If $allflag is non-zero, then all characters are escaped. Normally,
only the four HTML syntactic break characters are escaped.
out
Print text followed by a newline.
out $fmt [, @text ];
put
Print text (without a trailing newline).
out $fmt [, @text ];
AUTHOR
Alan K. Stebbens <aks@sgi.com>
BUGS
o Embedded HTML is how the user can insert formatting over-
rides. However, the HTML formatting techniques have not been
given much consideration -- feel free to provide constructive
feedback.
perl v5.8.6 1997-03-02 ShowTable(3)
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