table: process Carriage-Return codes correctly; fixes #284

list/list.go

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/text"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ func (l *List) Style() *Style {
 func (l *List) analyzeAndStringify(item interface{}) *listItem {
 	itemStr := fmt.Sprint(item)
 	itemStr = strings.ReplaceAll(itemStr, "\t", "    ")
-	itemStr = strings.ReplaceAll(itemStr, "\r", "")
+	itemStr = text.ProcessCRLF(itemStr)
 	return &listItem{
 		Level: l.level,
 		Text:  itemStr,

progress/render.go

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (p *Progress) renderPinnedMessages(out *strings.Builder) {
 func (p *Progress) renderTracker(out *strings.Builder, t *Tracker, hint renderHint) {
 	message := t.message()
 	message = strings.ReplaceAll(message, "\t", "    ")
-	message = strings.ReplaceAll(message, "\r", "")
+	message = strings.ReplaceAll(message, "\r", "") // replace with text.ProcessCRLF?
 	if p.lengthMessage > 0 {
 		messageLen := text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(message)
 		if messageLen < p.lengthMessage {

table/render_init.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (t *Table) analyzeAndStringifyColumn(colIdx int, col interface{}, hint rend
 		colStr = fmt.Sprint(col)
 	}
 	colStr = strings.ReplaceAll(colStr, "\t", "    ")
-	colStr = strings.ReplaceAll(colStr, "\r", "")
+	colStr = text.ProcessCRLF(colStr)
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", t.style.Format.Direction.Modifier(), colStr)
 }
 

table/render_test.go

@@ -616,6 +616,27 @@ func TestTable_Render_ColumnConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+func TestTable_Render_CRLF(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(Row{5000, "Night", "King", 10000, "Was once a\r\nMortal \rMan"})
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++------+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|    # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
++------+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|    1 | Arya       | Stark     |   3000 |                             |
+|   20 | Jon        | Snow      |   2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+|  300 | Tyrion     | Lannister |   5000 |                             |
+| 5000 | Night      | King      |  10000 | Was once a                  |
+|      |            |           |        | Man                         |
++------+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|      |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
++------+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+`)
+}
+
 func TestTable_Render_Empty(t *testing.T) {
 	tw := NewWriter()
 	assert.Empty(t, tw.Render())

text/string.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package text
 
 import (
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
@@ -107,6 +108,29 @@ func Pad(str string, maxLen int, paddingChar rune) string {
 	return str
 }
 
+var (
+	reCarriageReturn = regexp.MustCompile(`(.*)\r`)
+)
+
+// ProcessCRLF converts "\r\n" to "\n", and erases everything preceding a lone
+// "\r" in each line of the string.
+func ProcessCRLF(str string) string {
+	str = strings.ReplaceAll(str, "\r\n", "\n")
+
+	// process \r by erasing everything preceding it in the line
+	if strings.Contains(str, "\r") {
+		lines := strings.Split(str, "\n")
+		for idx := range lines {
+			for reCarriageReturn.MatchString(lines[idx]) {
+				lines[idx] = reCarriageReturn.ReplaceAllString(lines[idx], "")
+			}
+		}
+		str = strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+	}
+
+	return str
+}
+
 // RepeatAndTrim repeats the given string until it is as long as maxRunes.
 // For ex.:
 //

text/string_test.go

@@ -134,6 +134,28 @@ func TestPad(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\.....", Pad("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", 10, '.'))
 }
 
+func ExampleProcessCRLF() {
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", ProcessCRLF("abc"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", ProcessCRLF("abc\r\ndef"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", ProcessCRLF("abc\r\ndef\rghi"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", ProcessCRLF("abc\r\ndef\rghi\njkl"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", ProcessCRLF("abc\r\ndef\rghi\njkl\r"))
+
+	// Output: "abc"
+	// "abc\ndef"
+	// "abc\nghi"
+	// "abc\nghi\njkl"
+	// "abc\nghi\n"
+}
+
+func TestProcessCRLF(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "abc", ProcessCRLF("abc"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "abc\ndef", ProcessCRLF("abc\r\ndef"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "abc\nghi", ProcessCRLF("abc\r\ndef\rghi"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "abc\nghi\njkl", ProcessCRLF("abc\r\ndef\rghi\njkl"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "abc\nghi\n", ProcessCRLF("abc\r\ndef\rghi\njkl\r"))
+}
+
 func ExampleRepeatAndTrim() {
 	fmt.Printf("RepeatAndTrim(\"\", 5): %#v\n", RepeatAndTrim("", 5))
 	fmt.Printf("RepeatAndTrim(\"Ghost\", 0): %#v\n", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 0))