NAME Data::Format::Pretty - Pretty-print data structure VERSION version 0.04 SYNOPSIS In your program: use Data::Format::Pretty qw(format_pretty print_pretty); # automatically choose an appropriate formatter print format_pretty($data); # explicitly select a formatter print format_pretty($data, {module=>'JSON'}); # specify formatter option(s) print format_pretty($data, {module=>'Console', interactive=>1}); # shortcut for printing to output print_pretty($data); # ppr() is alias for print_pretty(), exported automatically. suitable for when # debugging. use Data::Format::Pretty; ppr [1, 2, 3]; DESCRIPTION Data::Format::Pretty is an extremely simple framework for pretty-printing data structure. Its focus is on "prettiness" and automatic detection of appropriate format to use. To develop a formatter, look at one of the formatter modules (like Data::Format::Pretty::JSON) for example. You only need to specify one function, "format_pretty". FUNCTIONS format_pretty($data, \%opts) => STR Send $data to formatter module (one of Data::Format::Pretty::* modules) and return the result. Options: * module => STR Select the formatter module. It will be prefixed with "Data::Format::Pretty::". Currently if unspecified the default is 'Console', or 'HTML' if CGI/PSGI/plackup environment is detected. In the future, more sophisticated detection logic will be used. The rest of the options will be passed to the formatter module. print_pretty($data, \%opts) Just call format_pretty() and print() it. ppr($data, \%opts) [EXPORTED BY DEFAULT] Alias for print_pretty(). SEE ALSO One of Data::Format::Pretty::* formatter, like Data::Format::Pretty::Console, Data::Format::Pretty::HTML, Data::Format::Pretty::JSON, Data::Format::Pretty::YAML. Alternative data formatting framework/module family: Any::Renderer. AUTHOR Steven Haryanto COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Steven Haryanto. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.