Annotation of loncom/xml/lontable.pm, revision 1.17

1.1       foxr        1: # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
                      2: #  Generating TeX tables.
                      3: #
1.17    ! foxr        4: # $Id: lontable.pm,v 1.16 2011/04/05 10:02:58 foxr Exp $
1.1       foxr        5: # 
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                     24: #
                     25: # /home/httpd/html/adm/gpl.txt
                     26: #
                     27: # http://www.lon-capa.org/
                     28: ## Copyright for TtHfunc and TtMfunc by Ian Hutchinson. 
                     29: # TtHfunc and TtMfunc (the "Code") may be compiled and linked into 
                     30: # binary executable programs or libraries distributed by the 
                     31: # Michigan State University (the "Licensee"), but any binaries so 
                     32: # distributed are hereby licensed only for use in the context
                     33: # of a program or computational system for which the Licensee is the 
                     34: # primary author or distributor, and which performs substantial 
                     35: # additional tasks beyond the translation of (La)TeX into HTML.
                     36: # The C source of the Code may not be distributed by the Licensee
                     37: # to any other parties under any circumstances.
                     38: #
                     39: 
                     40: # This module is a support packkage that helps londefdef generate
1.12      foxr       41: # LaTeX tables using the Apache::lonlatextable package.  A prerequisite is that
1.5       foxr       42: # the print generator must have added the following to the LaTeX 
1.1       foxr       43: #
                     44: #  \usepackage{xtab}
                     45: #  \usepackage{booktabs}
                     46: #  \usepackage{array}
                     47: #  \usepackage{colortbl}
                     48: #  \usepackage{xcolor}
                     49: #
                     50: #  These packages are installed in the packaged LaTeX distributions we know of as of
                     51: #  11/24/2008
                     52: #
                     53: 
                     54: 
                     55: 
                     56: package Apache::lontable;
                     57: use strict;
1.12      foxr       58: use Apache::lonlatextable;
1.8       foxr       59: use Apache::lonnet;		# for trace logging.
1.17    ! foxr       60: use Data::Dumper;
1.1       foxr       61: 
1.17    ! foxr       62: my $tracing = 1;		# Set to 1 to enable log tracing. 2 for local sub tracing.
1.1       foxr       63: 
                     64: =pod
                     65: 
                     66: =head1  lontable Table generation assistant for the LaTeX target
                     67: 
                     68: This module contains support software for generating tables in LaTeX output mode 
1.12      foxr       69: In this implementation, we use the Apache::lonlatextable package to do the actual final formatting.
1.1       foxr       70: Each table creates a new object.  Table objects can have global properties configured.
                     71: The main operations on a table object are:
                     72: 
                     73: =over 3
                     74: 
                     75: =item start_row  
                     76: 
                     77: Opens a new table row.
                     78: 
                     79: =item end_row
                     80: 
                     81: Closes a table row.
                     82: 
                     83: =item configure_row
                     84: 
                     85: Modifies a configuration item in the currently open row.
                     86: 
                     87: =item generate
                     88: 
                     89: Returns the generated table string.
                     90: 
                     91: =item configure
                     92: 
                     93: Configures a table's global configuration.
                     94: 
1.3       foxr       95: =item add_cell
                     96: 
                     97: Add and configure a cell to the current row.6
                     98: 
1.1       foxr       99: =back
                    100: 
                    101: =cut
                    102: 
                    103: =pod
                    104: 
                    105: =head2 new - create a new object.
                    106: 
                    107: Create a new table object.  Any of the raw table configuration items can be
                    108: modified by this.  These configuration items include:
                    109: 
                    110:   my $table = lontable::new(\%config_hash)
                    111: 
1.17    ! foxr      112: =over 3
1.1       foxr      113: 
1.7       foxr      114: 
1.1       foxr      115: =item alignment
                    116: 
                    117: Table alignment.  Some table styles support this but not all.
                    118: 
                    119: =item tableborder
                    120: 
                    121: If true, a border is drawn around the table.
                    122: 
                    123: =item cellborder
                    124: 
                    125: If true, borders are drawn around the cells inside a table.
                    126: 
                    127: =item caption
                    128: 
                    129: The table caption text.
                    130: 
                    131: =item theme
                    132: 
                    133: The theme of the table to use.  Defaults to Zurich.  Themes we know about are:
                    134: NYC, NYC2, Zurich, Berlin, Dresden, Houston, Miami, plain, Paris.  Other themes can be added
1.12      foxr      135: to the Apache::lonlatextable package, and they will become supported automatically, as theme names are
                    136: not error checked.  Any use of a non-existent theme is reported by the Apache::lonlatextable package
1.1       foxr      137: when the table text is generated.
                    138: 
1.7       foxr      139: =item width
                    140: 
1.8       foxr      141: The width of the table.   in any
                    142: TeX unit measure e.g.  10.8cm  This forces the table to the
                    143: tabularx environment.  It also forces the declarations for
                    144: cells to be paragraph mode which supports more internal formatting.
1.7       foxr      145: 
1.1       foxr      146: =back
                    147: 
                    148: =head3 Member data
                    149: 
                    150: The object hash has the following members:
                    151: 
                    152: =over 3
                    153: 
                    154: =item column_count 
                    155: 
                    156: Maintained internally, the number of colums in the widest row.
                    157: 
                    158: =item alignment
                    159: 
                    160: Table alignment (configurable) "left", "center", or "right".
                    161: 
                    162: =item outer_border
                    163: 
                    164: True if a border should be drawn around the entire table (configurable)
                    165: 
                    166: =item inner_borders
                    167: 
                    168: True if a border should be drawn around all cells (configurable).
                    169: 
                    170: =item caption
                    171: 
                    172: Table caption (configurable).
                    173: 
                    174: =item theme
                    175: 
                    176: Theme desired (configurable).
                    177: 
1.6       foxr      178: =item width
                    179: 
                    180: If defined, the width of the table (should be supplied
                    181: in fraction of column width e.g. .75 for 75%.
                    182: 
1.1       foxr      183: =item row_open 
                    184: 
                    185: True if a row is open and not yet closed.
                    186: 
                    187: =item rows
                    188: 
                    189: Array of row data. This is an array of hashes described below.
                    190: 
                    191: =back
                    192: 
                    193: =head3 Row data.
                    194: 
                    195: Each row of table data is an element of the rows hash array.  Hash elements are
                    196: 
                    197: =over 3
                    198: 
                    199: 
                    200: =item default_halign 
1.3       foxr      201: 0
1.1       foxr      202: Default horizontal alignment for cells in this row.
                    203: 
                    204: =item default_valign
                    205: 
                    206: Default vertical alignment for cells in this row (may be ignored).
                    207: 
1.6       foxr      208: =item cell_width
                    209:  
                    210: The width of the row in cells.  This is the sum of the column spans 
                    211: of the cells in the row.
                    212: 
1.1       foxr      213: =item cells
                    214: 
1.17    ! foxr      215: 
1.1       foxr      216: Array of hashes where each element represents the data for a cell.
                    217: The contents of each element of this hash are described below:
                    218: 
1.3       foxr      219: =item header
                    220: 
                    221: If present, the row is a 'header' that is it was made via the
                    222: <th> tag.
                    223: 
1.1       foxr      224: =item halign
                    225: 
                    226: If present, overrides the row default horizontal alignment.
                    227: 
                    228: =item valign
                    229: 
                    230: if present, override the row default vertical alignment.
                    231: 
                    232: =item rowspan
                    233: 
                    234: If present, indicates the number of rows this cell spans.
                    235: 
                    236: =item colspan
                    237: 
                    238: If present indicates the number of columns this cell spans.
                    239: Note that a cell can span both rows and columns.
                    240: 
1.6       foxr      241: =item start_col
                    242: 
                    243: The starting column of the cell in the table grid.
                    244: 
1.1       foxr      245: =item contents
                    246: 
                    247: The contents of the cell.
                    248: 
                    249: =back
                    250: 
                    251: 
                    252: =cut
                    253: 
                    254: sub new {
                    255:     my ($class, $configuration) = @_;
                    256: 
1.17    ! foxr      257:     if ($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("new table"); }
1.1       foxr      258:     #  Initialize the object member data with the default values
                    259:     #  then override with any stuff in $configuration.
                    260: 
                    261:     my $self = {
                    262: 	alignment      => "left",
                    263: 	outer_border   => 0,
1.2       foxr      264: 	inner_border  => 0,
1.1       foxr      265: 	caption        => "",
1.11      foxr      266: 	theme          => "plain",
1.1       foxr      267: 	column_count   => 0,
                    268: 	row_open       => 0,
1.17    ! foxr      269: 	rows           => {
        !           270: 	    'body'     => [],
        !           271:             'head'     => [],
        !           272: 	    'foot'     => []
        !           273: 	},
        !           274: 	col_widths      => {},
        !           275: 	part           => 'body'     # one of 'body', 'head', 'foot'.
        !           276: 
1.1       foxr      277:     };
                    278: 
                    279:     foreach my $key (keys %$configuration) {
                    280: 	$self->{$key} = $$configuration{$key};
                    281:     }
                    282: 
                    283:     bless($self, $class);
                    284: 
                    285:     return $self;
                    286: }
                    287: 
1.3       foxr      288: 
1.1       foxr      289: #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    290: #
                    291: #  Methods that get/set table global configuration.
1.2       foxr      292: #
                    293: 
                    294: =pod
                    295: 
                    296: =head2 Gets/set alignment.  
                    297: 
                    298: If the method is passed a new alignment value, that replaces the current one.
                    299: Regardless, the current alignment is used:
                    300: 
                    301: =head3 Examples:
                    302: 
                    303:  my $align = $table->alignment(); # Return current alignment
                    304:  $table->alignment("center");     # Attempt centered alignment.
                    305: 
                    306: =cut
                    307: 
                    308: sub alignment {
                    309:     my ($self, $new_value) = @_;
                    310: 
1.8       foxr      311:     if ($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("alignment = $new_value");}
                    312: 
1.2       foxr      313:     if (defined($new_value)) {
1.5       foxr      314: 	$self->{'alignment'} = $new_value;
1.2       foxr      315:     }
1.5       foxr      316:     return $self->{'alignment'};
1.2       foxr      317: }
                    318: 
                    319: =pod
                    320: 
                    321: =head2 table_border
                    322: 
                    323: Set or get the presence of an outer border in the table.
                    324: If passed a parameter, that parameter replaces the current request
                    325: for or not for an outer border. Regardless, the function returns
                    326: the final value of the outer_border request.
                    327: 
                    328: =head3 Examples:
                    329: 
                    330:   $table->table_border(1);      # Request an outer border.
                    331:   my $outer_requested = $table->table_border();
                    332: 
                    333: =cut
                    334: 
                    335: sub table_border {
                    336:     my ($self, $new_value) = @_;
                    337: 
1.8       foxr      338:     if ($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("table_border $new_value");}
                    339: 
1.2       foxr      340:     if (defined($new_value)) {
1.5       foxr      341: 	$self->{'outer_border'} = $new_value;
1.2       foxr      342:     }
1.5       foxr      343:     return $self->{'outer_border'};
1.2       foxr      344: }
                    345: 
                    346: 
                    347: =pod
                    348: 
                    349: =head2 cell_border
                    350: 
                    351: Set or get the presence of a request for cells to have borders
                    352: drawn around them.  If a paramter is passed, it will be treated as
                    353: a new value for the cell border configuration.  Regardless,the final
                    354: value of that configuration parameter is returned.
1.16      foxr      355: Valid values for the parameter are:
                    356: 
                    357: =over 2
                    358: 
                    359: =item 0 - no borders present.
                    360: 
                    361: =item 1 - All borders (borders around all four sides of the cell.
                    362: 
                    363: =item 2 - Border at top and bottom of the cell.
                    364: 
                    365: =item 3 - Border at the left and right sides of the cell.
                    366: 
1.17    ! foxr      367: =item 4 - Border around groups (colgroups as well as thead/tfoot/tbody).
1.16      foxr      368: 
1.17    ! foxr      369: 
        !           370: =back
1.2       foxr      371: 
                    372: =head3 Examples:
                    373: 
1.4       foxr      374:  my $cell_border = $table->cell_border(); # ask if cell borders are requested.
1.2       foxr      375:  $table->cell_border(1);	# Request cell borders.
                    376: 
                    377: =cut
                    378: 
1.4       foxr      379: sub cell_border {
1.2       foxr      380:     my ($self, $new_value) = @_;
1.8       foxr      381:     if($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("cell_border: $new_value"); }
1.2       foxr      382:     if (defined($new_value)) {
1.5       foxr      383: 	$self->{'inner_border'} = $new_value;
1.2       foxr      384:     }
1.5       foxr      385:     return $self->{'inner_border'};
1.2       foxr      386: }
                    387: 
                    388: =pod
                    389: 
                    390: =head2 caption
                    391: 
                    392: Gets and/or sets the caption string for the table.  The caption string appears to label
                    393: the table.  If a parameter is supplied it will become the new caption string.k
                    394: 
                    395: =head3 Examples:
                    396: 
                    397: 
                    398:   $my caption = $table->caption();
                    399:   $table->caption("This is the new table caption");
                    400: 
                    401: =cut
                    402: 
                    403: sub caption {
                    404:     my ($self, $new_value) = @_;
                    405: 
1.8       foxr      406:     if($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("caption: $new_value"); }
1.2       foxr      407:     if (defined($new_value)) {
1.5       foxr      408: 	$self->{'caption'} = $new_value;
1.2       foxr      409:     }
                    410: 
1.5       foxr      411:     return $self->{'caption'};
1.2       foxr      412: }
                    413: 
                    414: =pod
                    415: 
                    416: =head2 theme
                    417: 
                    418: Gets and optionally sets the table theme.  The table theme describes how the
                    419: table will be typset by the table package.  If a parameter is supplied it
                    420: will be the new theme selection.
                    421: 
                    422: =head3 Examples:
1.1       foxr      423: 
1.2       foxr      424:   my $theme = $table->theme();
                    425:   $table->theme("Dresden");
                    426: 
                    427: =cut
                    428: 
                    429: sub theme {
                    430:     my ($self, $new_value) = @_;
1.8       foxr      431:     if($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("theme $new_value"); }
1.2       foxr      432:     if (defined($new_value)) {
1.5       foxr      433: 	$self->{'theme'} = $new_value;
1.2       foxr      434:     }
1.5       foxr      435:     return $self->{'theme'};
1.2       foxr      436: }
                    437: 
                    438: =pod
                    439: 
1.17    ! foxr      440: =head2 width
1.7       foxr      441: 
                    442: Gets and optionally sets the width of the table.
                    443: 
1.17    ! foxr      444: =head3 Examples:
1.7       foxr      445: 
                    446:  my $newwidth = $table->width("10cm");   # 10cm width returns "10cm".
                    447: 
                    448: =cut
                    449: sub width {
                    450:     my ($self, $new_value) = @_;
1.8       foxr      451:     if($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("width = $new_value"); }
                    452: 
1.7       foxr      453:     if (defined($new_value)) {
                    454: 	$self->{'width'} = $new_value;
                    455:     }
                    456:     return $self->{'width'}; 	# Could be undef.
                    457: }
                    458: 
                    459: =pod
                    460: 
1.2       foxr      461: =head2 start_row
                    462: 
                    463: Begins a new row in the table.  If a row is already open, that row is
                    464: closed off prior to starting the new row.  Rows can have the following attributes
                    465: which are specified by an optional hash passed in to this function.
                    466: 
                    467: =over 3
                    468: 
                    469: =item default_halign
                    470: 
                    471: The default horizontal alignment of the row. This can be "left", "center", or "right"
                    472: 
                    473: =item default_valign
                    474: 
                    475: The default vertical alignment of the row.  This can be "top", "center", or "bottom"
                    476: 
                    477: =back
                    478: 
                    479: =head3 Examples:
                    480: 
                    481:   $table_start_row();                  # no attributes.
                    482:   $table_start({default_halign => "center",
                    483:                 default_valign => "bottom"}); # Create setting the attrbutes.
                    484: 
                    485: =cut
                    486: 
                    487: sub start_row {
1.5       foxr      488:     my ($self, $config) = @_;
1.8       foxr      489:     if($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("start_row"); }
1.5       foxr      490:     if ($self->{'row_open'}) { 
1.4       foxr      491: 	$self->end_row();
1.2       foxr      492:     }
                    493:     my $row_hash = {
                    494: 	default_halign => "left",
                    495: 	default_valign => "top",
1.6       foxr      496: 	cell_width     =>  0,
1.2       foxr      497: 	cells          => []
                    498:     };
                    499: 
                    500:     # Override the defaults if the config hash is present:
                    501: 
1.5       foxr      502:     if (defined($config)) {
                    503: 	foreach my $key  (keys %$config) {
                    504: 	    $row_hash->{$key} = $config->{$key};
1.2       foxr      505: 	}
                    506:     }
1.5       foxr      507: 
1.2       foxr      508:     
1.17    ! foxr      509:     my $rows = $self->{'rows'}->{$self->{'part'}};
1.2       foxr      510:     push(@$rows, $row_hash);
                    511: 
1.5       foxr      512:     $self->{"row_open"} = 1;	# Row is now open and ready for business.
1.2       foxr      513: }
                    514: 
                    515: =pod
                    516: 
                    517: =head2  end_row 
                    518: 
                    519: Closes off a row.  Once closed, cells cannot be added to this row again.
                    520: 
                    521: =head3 Examples:
                    522: 
1.4       foxr      523:    $table->end_row();
1.2       foxr      524: 
                    525: 
                    526: =cut
                    527: 
1.4       foxr      528: sub end_row {
1.2       foxr      529:     my ($self) = @_;
1.8       foxr      530:     if($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("end_row"); }
1.5       foxr      531:     if ($self->{'row_open'}) {
1.2       foxr      532: 	
                    533: 	# Mostly we need to determine if this row has the maximum
                    534: 	# cell count of any row in existence in the table:
1.17    ! foxr      535: 	
        !           536: 	&Apache::lonnet::logthis($self->{'part'});
        !           537: 	&Apache::lonnet::logthis(Dumper($self->{'rows'}));
        !           538: 	my $row        = $self->{'rows'}->{$self->{'part'}}->[-1];
1.5       foxr      539: 	my $cells      = $row->{'cells'};
1.3       foxr      540: 
1.6       foxr      541: 	if ($row->{'cell_width'} > $self->{'column_count'}) {
                    542: 	    $self->{'column_count'} = $row->{'cell_width'};
1.2       foxr      543: 	}
                    544: 
1.5       foxr      545: 	$self->{'row_open'} = 0;;
1.2       foxr      546:     }
                    547: }
                    548: 
                    549: =pod
                    550: 
1.3       foxr      551: =head2 configure_row
                    552: 
                    553: Modify the configuration of a row.   If a row is not open, a new one will be opened.
                    554: 
                    555: =head3 Parameters:
1.2       foxr      556: 
1.3       foxr      557: config_hash - A hash that contains new values for the set of row confiuguration 
                    558: items to be modified.  There is currently no check/penalty for items that are not in
                    559: the set of defined configuration properties which are:
1.2       foxr      560: 
1.3       foxr      561: =over 2
                    562: 
                    563: =item default_halign
                    564: 
                    565: The default horizontal alignment for text in  cells in the row.  This can be any of:
                    566: "left", "right" or "center".
                    567: 
                    568: =item default_valign
                    569: 
                    570: The default vertical alignment for text in cells in the row.  This can be any of:
                    571: 
                    572: "top", "bottom" or "center"
                    573: 
1.14      foxr      574: 
1.3       foxr      575: =back 
1.2       foxr      576: 
                    577: =cut
                    578: 
1.3       foxr      579: sub configure_row {
                    580:     my ($self, $config) = @_;
1.8       foxr      581:     if($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("configure_row");}
1.5       foxr      582:     if (!$self->{'row_open'}) {
1.3       foxr      583: 	$self->start_row();
                    584:     }
                    585:     
1.17    ! foxr      586:     my $row = $self->{'rows'}->{$self->{'part'}}->[-1];
1.3       foxr      587:     foreach my $config_item (keys %$config) {
                    588: 	$row->{$config_item} = $config->{$config_item};
                    589:     }
1.2       foxr      590: }
1.1       foxr      591: 
                    592: 
1.3       foxr      593: =pod
                    594: 
                    595: =head2 add_cell
                    596: 
                    597: Add a new cell to a row.  If there is a row above us, we need to 
                    598: watch out for row spans that may force additional blank cell entries
                    599: to fill in the span. 
                    600: 
                    601: =head3 Parameters:
                    602: 
                    603: =over 2
                    604: 
                    605: =item text
                    606: 
                    607: Text to put in the cell.
                    608: 
                    609: =item cell_config
                    610: 
                    611: Hash of configuration options that override the defaults.   The recognized options,
                    612: and their defaults are:
                    613: 
                    614: =over 2
                    615: 
                    616: =item halign 
                    617: 
                    618: If nonblank overrides the row's default for the cell's horizontal alignment.
                    619: 
                    620: =item valign
                    621: 
                    622: If nonblank, overrides the row's default for the cdell's vertical alignment.
                    623: 
                    624: =item rowspan
                    625: 
                    626: Number of rows the cell spans.
                    627: 
                    628: =item colspan
                    629: 
                    630: Number of columns the cell spans.
                    631: 
1.14      foxr      632: =item width
                    633: 
                    634: LaTeX specification of the width of the cell.
                    635: Note that if there is a colspan this width is going to be equally divided
                    636: over the widths of the columnsn in the span.
                    637: Note as well that if width specification conflict, the last one specified wins...silently.
                    638: 
1.3       foxr      639: =back
                    640: 
1.17    ! foxr      641: =back 
        !           642: 
1.3       foxr      643: =cut
                    644: 
                    645: sub add_cell {
                    646:     my ($self, $text, $config) = @_;
                    647: 
1.8       foxr      648:     if($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("add_cell : $text"); }
                    649: 
1.3       foxr      650:     # If a row is not open, we must open it:
                    651: 
1.5       foxr      652:     if (!$self->{'row_open'}) {
1.3       foxr      653: 	$self->start_row();
                    654:     }
1.17    ! foxr      655:     my $rows          = $self->{'rows'}->{$self->{'part'}};
1.6       foxr      656:     my $current_row   = $rows->[-1];
1.5       foxr      657:     my $current_cells = $current_row->{'cells'}; 
1.6       foxr      658:     my $last_coord    = $current_row->{'cell_width'};
1.3       foxr      659: 
1.6       foxr      660:     #  We have to worry about row spans if there is a prior row:
1.3       foxr      661: 
1.6       foxr      662:     if (scalar(@$rows) > 1) {
1.3       foxr      663: 
1.6       foxr      664: 	my $last_row = $rows->[-2];
                    665: 	if ($last_coord < $last_row->{'cell_width'}) {
                    666: 	    my $prior_coord       = 0;
                    667: 	    my $prior_cell_index  = 0;
                    668: 	    while ($prior_coord <= $last_coord) {
                    669: 		
                    670: 		# Pull a cell down if it's coord matches our start coord
                    671: 		# And there's a row span > 1.
                    672: 		# Having done so, we adjust our $last_coord to match the
                    673: 		# end point of the pulled down cell.
                    674: 
                    675: 		my $prior_cell = $last_row->{'cells'}->[$prior_cell_index];
1.8       foxr      676: 		if (!defined($prior_cell)) {
                    677: 		    last;
                    678: 		}
1.6       foxr      679: 		if (($prior_cell->{'start_col'} == $last_coord) &&
                    680: 		    ($prior_cell->{'rowspan'}  > 1)) {
                    681: 		    
                    682: 		    #  Need to drop the cell down
                    683: 
                    684: 		    my %dropped_down_cell = %$prior_cell;
                    685: 		    $dropped_down_cell{'rowspan'}--;
                    686: 		    $dropped_down_cell{'contents'} = '';
                    687: 
                    688: 		    push(@$current_cells, \%dropped_down_cell);
                    689: 		    $last_coord += $dropped_down_cell{'colspan'};
                    690: 		    $current_row->{'cell_width'} = $last_coord;
                    691: 		    
                    692: 		}
                    693: 		$prior_coord += $prior_cell->{'colspan'};
                    694: 		$prior_cell_index++;
                    695: 	    }
1.3       foxr      696: 	}
1.6       foxr      697: 
1.3       foxr      698:     }
1.6       foxr      699: 
1.3       foxr      700:     #
                    701:     # Now we're ready to build up our cell:
                    702: 
                    703:     my $cell = {
                    704: 	rowspan    => 1,
                    705: 	colspan    => 1,
1.6       foxr      706: 	start_col  => $last_coord,
1.3       foxr      707: 	contents   => $text
                    708:     };
                    709:     
                    710:     if (defined($config)) {
                    711: 	foreach my $key (keys(%$config)) {
1.15      raeburn   712:             if ($key eq 'colspan') {
                    713:                 next if ($config->{$key} == 0);
                    714:             }
1.3       foxr      715: 	    $cell->{$key} = $config->{$key};
                    716: 	}
                    717:     }
1.14      foxr      718: 
1.6       foxr      719:     $current_row->{'cell_width'} += $cell->{'colspan'};
                    720: 
1.14      foxr      721: 
                    722:     #
                    723:     # Process the width if it exists.  If supplied it must be of the form:
                    724:     #   float units
                    725:     # Where units can be in, cm or mm.
                    726:     # Regardless of the supplied units we will normalize to cm.
                    727:     # This allows computation on units at final table generation time.
                    728:     #
                    729: 
                    730:     if (exists($cell->{'width'})) {
                    731: 	my $width;
                    732: 	my $widthcm;
                    733: 	$width   = $config->{'width'};
                    734: 	$widthcm = $self->size_to_cm($width);
                    735: 	
                    736: 	# If there's a column span, the actual width is divided by the span
                    737: 	# and applied to each of the columns in the span.
                    738: 
                    739: 	$widthcm = $widthcm / $cell->{'colspan'};
                    740: 	for (my $i = $last_coord; $i < $last_coord + $cell->{'colspan'}; $i++) {
                    741: 	    $self->{'col_widths'}->{$i} = $widthcm; 
                    742: 	}
                    743: 	
                    744:     }
                    745: 
1.3       foxr      746:     push(@$current_cells, $cell);
1.8       foxr      747: 
                    748:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("add_cell done"); }
1.3       foxr      749: }
                    750: 
1.8       foxr      751: 
                    752: =pod
                    753: 
                    754: =head2  append_cell_text
                    755: 
                    756: Sometimes it's necessary to create/configure the cell and then later add text to it.
                    757: This sub allows text to be appended to the most recently created cell.
                    758: 
                    759: =head3 Parameters
                    760: 
                    761: The text to add to the cell.
                    762: 
                    763: =cut
                    764: sub append_cell_text {
                    765:     my ($this, $text) = @_;
                    766: 
                    767:     if($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("append_cell_text: $text"); }
1.17    ! foxr      768:     my $rows         = $this->{'rows'}->{$this->{'part'}};
1.8       foxr      769:     my $current_row  = $rows->[-1];
                    770:     my $cells        = $current_row->{'cells'};
                    771:     my $current_cell = $cells->[-1];
                    772:     $current_cell->{'contents'} .= $text;
                    773:     
                    774: }
1.17    ! foxr      775: #-------------------------- Support for row/column groups.   ----
        !           776: 
        !           777: =pod 
        !           778: 
        !           779: =head2 start_head 
        !           780: 
        !           781: starts the table head.  This corresponds to the <thead> tag in 
        !           782: html/xml.  All rows defined in this group will be
        !           783: collected and placed at the front of the table come rendering time.
        !           784: Furthermore, if the table has group borders enabled, a rule will be
        !           785: rendered following and preceding this group of rows.
        !           786: 
        !           787: =cut
        !           788: 
        !           789: sub start_head {
        !           790:     my ($this) = @_;
        !           791:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("start_head"); }
        !           792:     $this->{'part'}  = 'head';
        !           793: }
        !           794: 
        !           795: =pod     
        !           796: 
        !           797: =head2 end_head   
        !           798: 
        !           799: Ends a table head.  This corresponds to the
        !           800: </thead> closing tag in html/xml.
        !           801: 
        !           802: =cut
        !           803: 
        !           804: sub end_head {
        !           805:     my ($this) = @_;
        !           806:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("end_head"); }
        !           807:     $this->{'part'} = 'body';
        !           808: }
        !           809: 
        !           810: =pod
        !           811: 
        !           812: =head2 start_foot
        !           813: 
        !           814: Starts the table footer.  All of the rows generated in the footer will
        !           815: be rendered at the bottom of the table.  This sub corresponds to the
        !           816: <tfoot> tag in html/xml.  If the table has group borders enabled, a rule
        !           817: will be rendered at the top and bottom of the set of columns in this
        !           818: group
        !           819: 
        !           820: =cut
        !           821: 
        !           822: sub start_foot {
        !           823:     my ($this) = @_;
        !           824:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("start_foot"); }
        !           825:     $this->{'part'}   = 'foot';
        !           826: }
        !           827: 
        !           828: =pod
        !           829: 
        !           830: =head2 end_foot
        !           831: 
        !           832: Ends the set of rows in the table footer.  This corresponds to the
        !           833: </tfoot> end tag in xml/html.
        !           834: 
        !           835: =cut
        !           836: 
        !           837: sub end_foot {
        !           838:     my ($this) = @_;
        !           839:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("end_foot") }
        !           840:     $this->{'part'}  = 'body';
        !           841: }
        !           842: 
        !           843: =pod
        !           844: 
        !           845: =head2 start_body
        !           846: 
        !           847: Starts the set of rows that will be in the table body.   Note that if
        !           848: we are not in the header or footer, body rows are implied.
        !           849: This correspondes to the presence of a <tbody> tag in html/xml.
        !           850: If group borders are on, a rule will be rendered at the top and bottom
        !           851: of the body rows.
        !           852: 
        !           853: =cut
        !           854: 
        !           855: sub start_body {
        !           856:     my ($this) = @_;
        !           857:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("start_body"); }
        !           858:     $this->{'part'}  = 'body';
        !           859: }
        !           860: 
        !           861: =pod
        !           862:  
        !           863: =head2 end_body
        !           864: 
        !           865: Ends the set of rows in a table body.  Note that in the event we are not
        !           866: in  the header or footer groups this code assumes we are in the body
        !           867: group.  I believe this is a good match to how mot browsers render.
        !           868: 
        !           869: =cut
        !           870: 
        !           871: sub end_body {
        !           872:     my ($this) = @_;
        !           873:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("end_body"); }
        !           874: 
        !           875: }
        !           876: 
        !           877: =pod
        !           878: 
        !           879: =head2 define_colgroup
        !           880: 
        !           881: Define a column group  a column group corresponds to the
        !           882: <cgroup> tag in Html/Xml. A column group as we implement it has
        !           883: the following properties tht will be shared amongst all cells in the
        !           884: columns in the group unless overidden in the specific oell definition:
        !           885: 
        !           886: =over 2
        !           887: 
        !           888: =item span 
        !           889: 
        !           890: The number of columns in the column group.  This defaults to 1.
        !           891: 
        !           892: =item halign
        !           893: 
        !           894: Horizontal alignment of the cells.  This defaults to left.
        !           895: Other values are left, center, right (justify and char are 
        !           896: accepted but treated as left).
        !           897:   
        !           898: =item valign
        !           899: 
        !           900: Vertical alignment of the cells.  This defaults to middle.
        !           901: Other values are top middle, bottom, (baseline is accepted and
        !           902: treated as top).
        !           903: 
        !           904: =back   
        !           905: 
        !           906: If group borders are turned on, a rule will be rendered
        !           907: at the left and right side of the column group.
        !           908: 
        !           909: =head3 parameters
        !           910: 
        !           911: =over 2
        !           912: 
        !           913: =item definition
        !           914: 
        !           915: This is a hash that contains any of the keys described above that
        !           916: define the column group.
        !           917: 
        !           918: =back
        !           919: 
        !           920: 
        !           921: =head3 Example
        !           922: 
        !           923:  $table->define_colgroup({
        !           924:     'span'    => 2,
        !           925:     'halign'  => 'center'
        !           926:                          })
        !           927: 
        !           928: 
        !           929: 
        !           930: =cut
        !           931: 
        !           932: sub define_colgroup {
        !           933:     my ($this, $attributes)  = @_;
        !           934:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("col_group"); }
        !           935:     
        !           936: 
        !           937: }
1.8       foxr      938: 
1.17    ! foxr      939: #------------------------- Render the table ---------------------
1.8       foxr      940: 
1.6       foxr      941: =pod
                    942: 
                    943: =head2 generate
                    944: 
                    945: Call this when the structures for the table have been built.
                    946: This will generate and return the table object that can be used
                    947: to generate the table.  Returning the table object allows for
                    948: a certain amount of testing to be done on the generated table.
                    949: The caller can then ask the table object to generate LaTeX.
                    950: 
                    951: =cut
1.17    ! foxr      952: 
1.6       foxr      953: sub generate {
                    954:     my ($this) = @_;
1.8       foxr      955:     my $useP   = 0;
1.14      foxr      956: 
                    957:     my $colunits = 'cm';	# All widths get normalized to cm.
                    958:     my $tablewidth;
1.6       foxr      959: 
1.8       foxr      960:     if($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("generate"); }
1.12      foxr      961:     my $table = Apache::lonlatextable->new();
                    962: 
1.17    ! foxr      963:     my $inner_border = $this->{'inner_border'};
        !           964:     my $outer_border = $this->{'outer_border'};
        !           965:     my $column_count = $this->{'column_count'};
1.8       foxr      966: 
1.17    ! foxr      967:     my $cell_ul_border = (($inner_border == 1) || ($inner_border == 2)) ? 1 : 0;
        !           968:     my $cell_lr_border = (($inner_border == 1) || ($inner_border == 3)) ? 1 : 0;
        !           969:     my $part_border   = ($inner_border == 4);
        !           970:  
1.7       foxr      971:     # Add the caption if supplied.
                    972: 
                    973:     if ($this->{'caption'} ne "") {
                    974: 	$table->set_caption($this->caption);
                    975:     }
                    976:     
                    977:     # Set the width if defined:
                    978: 
1.14      foxr      979:     my $default_width;
                    980:     my $colwidths        = $this->{'col_widths'};
1.7       foxr      981:     if (defined ($this->{'width'})) {
1.14      foxr      982: 	$tablewidth = $this->{'width'};
                    983: 	$tablewidth = $this->size_to_cm($tablewidth);
                    984: 
1.8       foxr      985: 	$useP = 1;
                    986: 
1.14      foxr      987: 	# Figure out the default width for a column with unspecified
                    988: 	# We take the initially specified widths and sum them up.
                    989: 	# This is subtracted from total width  above.
                    990: 	# If the result is negative we're going to allow a minimum of 2.54cm for
                    991: 	# each column and make the table spill appropriately.  
                    992: 	# This (like a riot) is an ugly thing but I'm open to suggestions about
                    993: 	# how to handle it better (e.g. scaling down requested widths?).
                    994: 
                    995: 	my $specified_width = 0.0;
                    996: 	my $specified_cols   = 0;
                    997: 	foreach my $col (keys %$colwidths) {
                    998: 	    $specified_width = $specified_width + $colwidths->{$col};
                    999: 	    $specified_cols++;
                   1000: 	}
                   1001: 	my $unspecified_cols = $this->{'column_count'} - $specified_cols;
                   1002: 
                   1003: 	#  If zero unspecified cols, we are pretty much done... just have to
                   1004: 	#  adjust the total width to be specified  width. Otherwise we
                   1005: 	#  must figure out the default width and total width:
                   1006: 	#
                   1007: 	my $total_width;
                   1008: 	if($unspecified_cols == 0) {
                   1009: 	    $total_width = $specified_width;
                   1010: 	} else {
                   1011: 	    $default_width = ($tablewidth - $specified_width)/$unspecified_cols; #  Could be negative....
                   1012: 	    $total_width   = $default_width * $unspecified_cols + $specified_width;
                   1013: 	}
                   1014: 	
                   1015: 	# if the default_width is < 0.0 the user has oversubscribed the width of the table with the individual
                   1016: 	# column.  In this case, we're going to maintain the desired proportions of the user's columns, but 
                   1017: 	# ensure that the unspecified columns get a fair share of the width..where a fair share is defined as
                   1018: 	# the total width of the table / unspecified column count.
                   1019: 	# We figure out what this means in terms of reducing the specified widths by dividing by a constant proportionality.
                   1020: 	# Note that this cannot happen if the user hasn't specified anywidths as the computation above would then
                   1021: 	# just make all columns equal fractions of the total table width.
                   1022: 
                   1023: 	if ($default_width < 0) {
                   1024: 	    $default_width = ($tablewidth/$unspecified_cols);                     # 'fair' default width.
                   1025: 	    my $width_remaining = $tablewidth - $default_width*$unspecified_cols; # What's left for the specified cols.
                   1026: 	    my $reduction       = $tablewidth/$width_remaining;                    # Reduction fraction for specified cols
                   1027: 	    foreach my $col (keys %$colwidths) {
                   1028: 		$colwidths->{$col} = $colwidths->{$col}/$reduction;
                   1029: 	    }
                   1030: 	    
                   1031:         }
1.7       foxr     1032:     }
                   1033: 
1.17    ! foxr     1034:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("rendering head"); }
        !          1035:     $this->render_part('head', $table, $useP, $default_width);
        !          1036:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("rendering body"); }
        !          1037:     $this->render_part('body', $table, $useP, $default_width);
        !          1038:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("rendering footer"); }
        !          1039:     $this->render_part('foot', $table, $useP, $default_width);
        !          1040: 
        !          1041: 
        !          1042: 
        !          1043: 
        !          1044:     
        !          1045:     my $coldef = "";
        !          1046:     if ($outer_border || $cell_lr_border) {
        !          1047: 	$coldef .= '|';
        !          1048:     }
        !          1049:     for (my $i =0; $i < $column_count; $i++) {
        !          1050: 	if ($useP) {
        !          1051: 	    $coldef .= "p{$default_width $colunits}";
        !          1052: 	} else {
        !          1053: 	    $coldef .= 'l';
        !          1054: 	}
        !          1055: 	if ($cell_lr_border || 
        !          1056: 	    ($outer_border && ($i == $column_count-1))) {
        !          1057: 	    $coldef .= '|';
        !          1058: 	}
        !          1059:     }
        !          1060:     $table->{'coldef'} = $coldef;
        !          1061: 
        !          1062:     # Return the table:
        !          1063: 
        !          1064:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Leaving generate"); }
        !          1065: 
        !          1066: 
        !          1067:     return $table;
        !          1068: 
        !          1069: }
        !          1070: 
        !          1071: 
        !          1072: #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
        !          1073: #
        !          1074: #  Private methods:
        !          1075: #
        !          1076: 
        !          1077: # 
        !          1078: # Convert size with units -> size in cm.
        !          1079: # The resulting size is floating point with no  units so that it can be used in
        !          1080: # computation.  Note that an illegal or missing unit is treated silently as
        !          1081: #  cm for now.
        !          1082: #
        !          1083: sub size_to_cm {
        !          1084:     my ($this, $size_spec) = @_;
        !          1085:     my ($size, $units) = split(/ /, $size_spec);
        !          1086:     if (lc($units) eq 'mm') {
        !          1087: 	return $size / 10.0;
        !          1088:     }
        !          1089:     if (lc($units) eq 'in') {
        !          1090: 	return $size * 2.54;
        !          1091:     }
        !          1092:     
        !          1093:     return $size;		# Default is cm.
        !          1094: }
        !          1095: 
        !          1096: #
        !          1097: #  Render a part of the table.  The valid table parts are
        !          1098: #  head, body and foot.  These corresopnd to the set of rows
        !          1099: #  define within <thead></thead>, <tbody></tbody> and <tfoot></tfoot>
        !          1100: #  respectively.
        !          1101: #
        !          1102: sub render_part {
        !          1103:     my ($this, $part, $table, $useP, $default_width) = @_;
        !          1104: 
        !          1105:     if ($tracing) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("render_part: $part") };
        !          1106: 
        !          1107:     # Do nothing if that part of the table is empty:
        !          1108: 
        !          1109:     &Apache::lonnet::logthis(Dumper($this->{'rows'}));
        !          1110:     if ($this->{'rows'}->{$part} == undef) {
        !          1111: 	if ($tracing) {&Apache::lonnet::logthis("$part is empty"); }
        !          1112: 	return;
        !          1113:     }
1.14      foxr     1114: 
                   1115: 
1.6       foxr     1116:     # Build up the data:
                   1117: 
                   1118:     my @data;
1.17    ! foxr     1119:     my $colwidths        = $this->{'col_widths'};
        !          1120:     my $rows      = $this->{'rows'}->{$part}; # TODO: Render header, body footer as groups.
1.6       foxr     1121:     my $row_count = scalar(@$rows);
                   1122:     my $inner_border = $this->{'inner_border'};
                   1123:     my $outer_border = $this->{'outer_border'};
                   1124:     my $column_count = $this->{'column_count'};
                   1125: 
1.16      foxr     1126:     my $cell_ul_border = (($inner_border == 1) || ($inner_border == 2)) ? 1 : 0;
                   1127:     my $cell_lr_border = (($inner_border == 1) || ($inner_border == 3)) ? 1 : 0;
1.17    ! foxr     1128:     my $part_border   = ($inner_border == 4);
        !          1129:     my $colunits    = 'cm';	# All units in cm.
        !          1130: 
1.11      foxr     1131:     # Add a top line if the outer or inner border is enabled:
1.17    ! foxr     1132:     # or if group rules are on.
        !          1133:     #
1.11      foxr     1134: 
1.17    ! foxr     1135:     if ($outer_border || $cell_ul_border || $part_border) {
1.11      foxr     1136: 	push(@data, ["\\cline{1-$column_count}"]);	     
                   1137: 
                   1138:     }
                   1139: 
1.6       foxr     1140:     for (my $row = 0; $row < $row_count; $row++) {
                   1141: 	my @row;
                   1142: 	my $cells      = $rows->[$row]->{'cells'};
1.7       foxr     1143: 	my $def_halign = $rows->[$row]->{'default_halign'};
1.6       foxr     1144: 	my $cell_count = scalar(@$cells);
                   1145: 	my $startcol   = 1;
                   1146: 	my @underlines;		# Array of \cline cells if cellborder on.
                   1147: 
1.8       foxr     1148: 
1.11      foxr     1149: 
1.6       foxr     1150: 	for (my $cell  = 0; $cell < $cell_count; $cell++) {
                   1151: 	    my $contents = $cells->[$cell]->{'contents'};
1.7       foxr     1152: 
                   1153: 	    #
                   1154: 	    #  Cell alignment is the default alignment unless
                   1155: 	    #  explicitly specified in the cell.
                   1156: 	    #  NOTE: at this point I don't know how to do vert alignment.
                   1157: 	    #
                   1158: 
                   1159: 	    my $halign   = $def_halign;
                   1160: 	    if (defined ($cells->[$cell]->{'halign'})) {
                   1161: 		$halign = $cells->[$cell]->{'halign'};
                   1162: 	    }
                   1163: 
                   1164: 	    # Create the horizontal alignment character:
                   1165: 
                   1166: 	    my $col_align = 'l';
1.8       foxr     1167: 	    my $embeddedAlignStart = "";
                   1168: 	    my $embeddedAlignEnd   = "";
                   1169: 
1.7       foxr     1170: 	    if ($halign eq 'right') {
                   1171: 		$col_align = 'r';
1.13      raeburn  1172:                 $embeddedAlignStart = '\raggedleft';
1.7       foxr     1173: 	    }
                   1174: 	    if ($halign eq 'center') {
                   1175: 		$col_align = 'c';
1.8       foxr     1176: 		$embeddedAlignStart = '\begin{center}';
                   1177: 		$embeddedAlignEnd   = '\end{center}';
1.7       foxr     1178: 	    }
1.8       foxr     1179: 
                   1180: 	    # If the width has been specified, turn these into
                   1181: 	    # para mode; and wrap the contents in the start/stop stuff:
                   1182: 
                   1183: 	    if ($useP) {
1.14      foxr     1184: 		my $cw;
                   1185: 		if (defined($colwidths->{$cell})) {
                   1186: 		    $cw = $colwidths->{$cell};
                   1187: 		} else {
                   1188: 		    $cw = $default_width;
                   1189: 		}
1.15      raeburn  1190: 		$cw = $cw * $cells->[$cell]->{'colspan'};
1.8       foxr     1191: 		$col_align = "p{$cw $colunits}";
                   1192: 		$contents = $embeddedAlignStart . $contents .  $embeddedAlignEnd;
                   1193: 	    }
                   1194: 
1.16      foxr     1195: 	    if ($cell_lr_border || ($outer_border && ($cell == 0))) {
1.7       foxr     1196: 		$col_align = '|'.$col_align;
                   1197: 	    }
1.16      foxr     1198: 	    if ($cell_lr_border || ($outer_border && ($cell == ($cell_count -1)))) {
1.7       foxr     1199: 		$col_align = $col_align.'|';
                   1200: 	    }
                   1201: 
                   1202: 	    #factor in spans:
                   1203: 
1.6       foxr     1204: 	    my $cspan    = $cells->[$cell]->{'colspan'};
                   1205: 	    my $nextcol  = $startcol + $cspan;
1.8       foxr     1206: 
                   1207: 	    # If we can avoid the \multicolumn directive that's best as
                   1208: 	    # that makes some things like \parpic invalid in LaTeX which
                   1209:             # screws everything up.
                   1210: 
                   1211: 	    if (($cspan > 1) || !($col_align =~ /l/)) {
                   1212: 
                   1213: 		$contents = '\multicolumn{'.$cspan.'}{'.$col_align.'}{'.$contents.'}';
                   1214: 
                   1215: 		# A nasty edge case.  If there's only one cell, the software will assume
                   1216: 		# we're in complete control of the row so we need to end the row ourselves.
                   1217: 		
                   1218: 		if ($cell_count == 1) {
                   1219: 		    $contents .= '  \\\\';
                   1220: 		}
                   1221: 	    }
1.16      foxr     1222: 	    if ($cell_ul_border && ($cells->[$cell]->{'rowspan'} == 1)) {
1.6       foxr     1223: 		my $lastcol = $nextcol -1;
                   1224: 		push(@underlines, "\\cline{$startcol-$lastcol}");
                   1225: 	    }
                   1226: 	    $startcol = $nextcol;
                   1227: 	    # Rowspans should take care of themselves.
                   1228: 	    
                   1229: 	    push(@row, $contents);
                   1230: 
                   1231: 	}
                   1232: 	push(@data, \@row);
1.16      foxr     1233: 	if ($cell_ul_border) {
1.6       foxr     1234: 	    for (my $i =0; $i < scalar(@underlines); $i++) {
                   1235: 		push(@data, [$underlines[$i]]);
                   1236: 	    }
                   1237: 	}
                   1238: 
                   1239:     }
1.11      foxr     1240:     #
                   1241:     # Add bottom border if necessary: if the inner border was on, the loops above
                   1242:     # will have done a bottom line under the last cell.
                   1243:     #
1.17    ! foxr     1244:     if (($outer_border || $part_border) && !$cell_ul_border) {
1.11      foxr     1245: 	push(@data, ["\\cline{1-$column_count}"]);	     
                   1246: 
                   1247:     }
1.17    ! foxr     1248:     $table->set_data(\@data);    
1.6       foxr     1249: }
1.14      foxr     1250: 
1.6       foxr     1251: #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.5       foxr     1252: # The following methods allow for testability.
1.4       foxr     1253: 
                   1254: 
                   1255: sub get_object_attribute {
                   1256:     my ($self, $attribute) = @_;
1.8       foxr     1257:     if ($tracing > 1) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("get_object_attribute: $attribute"); }
1.4       foxr     1258:     return $self->{$attribute};
                   1259: }
                   1260: 
1.5       foxr     1261: sub get_row {
                   1262:     my ($self, $row) = @_;
1.8       foxr     1263:     if ($tracing > 1) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("get_row"); }
                   1264: 
1.17    ! foxr     1265:     my $rows = $self->{'rows'}->{$self->{'part'}};	  # ref to an array....
1.5       foxr     1266:     return $rows->[$row];         # ref to the row hash for the selected row.
                   1267: }
1.14      foxr     1268: 
1.1       foxr     1269: #   Mandatory initialization.
1.4       foxr     1270: BEGIN{
                   1271: }
1.1       foxr     1272: 
                   1273: 1;
                   1274: __END__
1.17    ! foxr     1275: 

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