comp.lang.ruby

michael.c.morin

6/28/2008 7:53:00 PM

On Jun 27, 7:31 pm, Rodrigo Bermejo <rodrigo.berm...@ps.ge.com> wrote:
> Hello List /.
>
> I am trying to build a html table from a string using RedCloth.
> My table should show some empty values
> <code>
>
> require 'redcloth'
> table = RedCloth.new("|a|b|c|d|\n|A||c|d|").to_html
> puts table
> </code>
> produces:
> <table>
>                 <tr>
>                         <td>a</td>
>                         <td>b</td>
>                         <td>c</td>
>                         <td>d</td>
>                 </tr>
>                 <tr>
>                         <td>A</td>
>                         <td>c</td>
>                         <td>d</td>
>                 </tr>
> </table>
>
> Do you know how can I represent an empty value in a table ?
> Thank you /.
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-....

Force empty cells to span 1 column with \1. In my test the cell
contains a space, if that's "empty" enough.

puts RedCloth.new("|a|b|c|d|\1|A||c|d|").to_html

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