[Text::Table has handled newlines for a few years now. This node is out of date.]

Text::Table doesn't handle newlines. What is the expected work around for Text::Table? Is there another table formatting module that handles this?

my $t = Text::Table->( qw( ID Name Source Type Assigment ) );
$t->load( [ 1, '...', '...', '...', '...' ],
          [ 2, '...', "NA\nEU", "Emp\nEx-emp", "Active\nInactive" ],
          [ 3, '...', '...', '...', '...' ] );
print $t;

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This is what is produced.

ID Name Source Type   Assignment
1  ...  ...    ...    ...
2  ...  NA
EU     Emp
Ex-emp Active
Inactive
3  ...  ...    ...    ...

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This is what should be produced.

ID Name Source Type   Assignment
1  ...  ...    ...    ...     
2  ...  NA     Emp    Active  
        EU     Ex-emp Inactive
3  ...  ...    ...    ...

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In reply to Text::Table w/ newlines by diotalevi

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