Task: Align columns



C#: using System;
class ColumnAlignerProgram
{
    delegate string Justification(string s, int width);

    static string[] AlignColumns(string[] lines, Justification justification)
    {
        const char Separator = '$';
        
        string[][] table = new string[lines.Length][];
        int columns = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)
        {
            string[] row = lines[i].TrimEnd(Separator).Split(Separator);
            if (columns < row.Length) columns = row.Length;
            table[i] = row;
        }
        
        string[][] formattedTable = new string[table.Length][];
        for (int i = 0; i < formattedTable.Length; i++)
        {
            formattedTable[i] = new string[columns];
        }
        for (int j = 0; j < columns; j++)
        {
            
            int columnWidth = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < table.Length; i++)
            {
                if (j < table[i].Length && columnWidth < table[i][j].Length)
                    columnWidth = table[i][j].Length;
            }
            
            for (int i = 0; i < formattedTable.Length; i++)
            {
                if (j < table[i].Length)
                    formattedTable[i][j] = justification(table[i][j], columnWidth);
                else 
                    formattedTable[i][j] = new String(' ', columnWidth);
            }
        }
        
        string[] result = new string[formattedTable.Length];
        for (int i = 0; i < result.Length; i++)
        {
            result[i] = String.Join(" ", formattedTable[i]);
        }
        return result;
    }

    static string JustifyLeft(string s, int width) { return s.PadRight(width); }
    static string JustifyRight(string s, int width) { return s.PadLeft(width); }
    static string JustifyCenter(string s, int width) 
    { 
        return s.PadLeft((width + s.Length) / 2).PadRight(width); 
    }

    static void Main()
    {
        string[] input = {    
            "Given$a$text$file$of$many$lines,$where$fields$within$a$line$",
            "are$delineated$by$a$single$'dollar'$character,$write$a$program",
            "that$aligns$each$column$of$fields$by$ensuring$that$words$in$each$",
            "column$are$separated$by$at$least$one$space.",
            "Further,$allow$for$each$word$in$a$column$to$be$either$left$",
            "justified,$right$justified,$or$center$justified$within$its$column.",
        };

        foreach (string line in AlignColumns(input, JustifyCenter))
        {
            Console.WriteLine(line);
        }
    }
}


Go: package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "strings"
)

const text = `Given$a$text$file$of$many$lines,$where$fields$within$a$line$
are$delineated$by$a$single$'dollar'$character,$write$a$program
that$aligns$each$column$of$fields$by$ensuring$that$words$in$each$
column$are$separated$by$at$least$one$space.
Further,$allow$for$each$word$in$a$column$to$be$either$left$
justified,$right$justified,$or$center$justified$within$its$column.`

type formatter struct {
    text  [][]string
    width []int
}

func newFormatter(text string) *formatter {
    var f formatter
    for _, line := range strings.Split(text, "\n") {
        words := strings.Split(line, "$")
        for words[len(words)-1] == "" {
            words = words[:len(words)-1]
        }
        f.text = append(f.text, words)
        for i, word := range words {
            if i == len(f.width) {
                f.width = append(f.width, len(word))
            } else if len(word) > f.width[i] {
                f.width[i] = len(word)
            }
        }
    }
    return &f
}

const (
    left = iota
    middle
    right
)

func (f formatter) print(j int) {
    for _, line := range f.text {
        for i, word := range line {
            fmt.Printf("%-*s ", f.width[i], fmt.Sprintf("%*s",
                len(word)+(f.width[i]-len(word))*j/2, word))
        }
        fmt.Println("")
    }
    fmt.Println("")
}

func main() {
    f := newFormatter(text)
    f.print(left)
    f.print(middle)
    f.print(right)
}