Pretty print commands and related

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Exported Functions
printTable($rT)
dumpData($rH,$pre)
ask_secret ($prompt)

• Author : Bernhard Kuner

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Exported Functions

ask_secret, dumpData, printTable

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printTable($rT)

Print formated table, sort table by column $sortIdx, unsorted if $sortIdx is undef

• Example : Fill and print a table.

   push (@array, \@a);       
   #  OR 
   push (@$aRef, ["colVal1","colVal2","colVal3","colVal4"],1);
   
   printTable(\@array,["HeadCol1","HeadCol2","HeadCol3","HeadCol4"],2);

• Parameter :

$rT: The table, a array reference (rows) of an array reference (columns)

dumpData($rH,$pre)

Print any data structure. Nearly the same as Data::Dumper(), but in a more compact way. Used for debug purposes. - what else:-)

• Parameter :

$rH: The reference to the data structure to be print

$pre: A name Tag for the data structure. if ommited, the default tag is Var

ask_secret ($prompt)

Hidden console input for passwords etc