Hi all, I want a display_2d() function: 

my @accounts = [ 
    [ current => 1000 ],
    [ savings => 2000 ],
    [ other   => 500  ],
];
display_2d(\@accounts);

# Should display:
current  |  1000
savings  |  2000
other    |  500

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I just wrote this code: 
my $width_col = 8;
say join ' | ',
    map {
        # Give each column the same size
        length($_) >= $width_col ? 
            $_ : $_ . " "x($width_col-length($_))  # add spaces
    } @$_
    for @rows;

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and that felt unnecessary. Is there no CPAN module to do this? I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one needing this function.

I found Array::Columnize but it only displays one dimensional arrays. And flattening my array does not do the trick: everything ends up displayed in the wrong order. My solution with Array::Columnize ended up being almost as long as my solution without it. And allows for less flexibility (columns of different width, for example)

And Array::PrintCols makes my terminal bug for a minute and then display nothing.

Have you come across dispay_2d() anywhere on CPAN?

In reply to [Solved] Printing a 2D array into constant-sized columns by mascip

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