= Draw Table at Compile Time Example =

''Part of'' TemplatesCategory


== Description ==

Demonstrates how a template function can be used to draw a table at compile time.




{{{
#!d
const int numWidth = 6;
const int width   = 10;
const int height  = 10;


template itoa(int i) {
	static if (i < 10) {
		const char[] itoa = "" ~ "0123456789"[i];
	} else {
		const char[] itoa = itoa!(i/10) ~ "0123456789"[i%10];
	}
}


template nspaces(int n) {
	static if (n > 0) {
		const char[] nspaces = " " ~ nspaces!(n - 1);
	} else {
		const char[] nspaces = "";
	}
}


template itoa_pad(int i) {
	const char[] itoa_pad = itoa!(i) ~ nspaces!(numWidth - itoa!(i).length);
}


template row(int hpos, int i = 0) {
	static if (i+1 < width) {
		const char[] row = itoa_pad!(i*hpos) ~ row!(hpos, i+1);
	} else {
		const char[] row = itoa_pad!(i*hpos);
	}
}


template table(int i = 0) {
	pragma (msg, row!(i));

	static if (i+1 < height) {
		alias .table!(i+1) table;
	} else {
		alias void table;
	}
}


alias table!() draw;
}}}


== Example Batch File ==
(Just compile it since the table is drawn at compile time and there is no main)

{{{
@echo off
dmd DrawTableAtCompileTimeExample.d -c
pause
}}}


== Output ==

{{{
0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0
0     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9
0     2     4     6     8     10    12    14    16    18
0     3     6     9     12    15    18    21    24    27
0     4     8     12    16    20    24    28    32    36
0     5     10    15    20    25    30    35    40    45
0     6     12    18    24    30    36    42    48    54
0     7     14    21    28    35    42    49    56    63
0     8     16    24    32    40    48    56    64    72
0     9     18    27    36    45    54    63    72    81
}}}


== Tested Version ==

Tested with Digital Mars D Compiler v0.165 running under Windows 2000.


== Source ==

From [http://lists.puremagic.com/pipermail/digitalmars-d/2006-August/007773.html digitalmars-d/2006-August/007773.html] (with improvement from [http://lists.puremagic.com/pipermail/digitalmars-d/2006-August/007807.html digitalmars-d/2006-August/007807.html]).