[bug #58898] Table needs an extra blank character after string columns in plain-text

[Mohammad Akhlaghi]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58898>

                 Summary: Table needs an extra blank character after string
columns in plain-text
                 Project: GNU Astronomy Utilities
            Submitted by: makhlaghi
            Submitted on: Tue 04 Aug 2020 07:04:24 PM BST
                Category: Table
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Output not reasonable
                  Status: Postponed
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

Assume we have the table below:


# Column 1: ID [counter, u8] Counter
# Column 2: NAME [name, str4] a name
# Column 3: Value [km, f32] A value
1 AAAA3.14
2 BBBB3.15


If you simply run this command, you will get the resulting table (lines under
the command):


$ asttable test.txt 
1      AAAA 0.14          
1      BBBB 0.15


Notice how the '3' has been removed from the value of the third columns!
However, this problem doesn't happen if we have an empty space after the
string column, like this: 


# Column 1: ID [counter, u8] Counter
# Column 2: NAME [name, str4] a name
# Column 3: Value [km, f32] A value
1 AAAA 3.14
2 BBBB 3.15


Scenarios like the first situation can happen and have caused some problems!
We should fix this problem so the first table is properly read.




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