permutation-markdown-table

This utility reads JSON in certain format from STDIN or a file, generates combination of values, and outputs to STDOUT or a file.

Sample Input

{
    "breakfast": ["milk", "toast", "bacon & eggs"],
    "lunch": ["sandwich", "oily Asian take-away"],
    "supper": "some microwave food",
    "snacks": ["Mars", "Oreo"],
    "budget": 9.99
}

Input Schema

• Input should be a valid JSON in text
• Each field should be either a scalar value or an array of scalar values

Sample Output

| breakfast    | lunch                | supper              | snacks | budget |
|--------------|----------------------|---------------------|--------|--------|
| milk         | sandwich             | some microwave food | Mars   | 9.99   |
| milk         | sandwich             | some microwave food | Oreo   | 9.99   |
| milk         | oily Asian take-away | some microwave food | Mars   | 9.99   |
| milk         | oily Asian take-away | some microwave food | Oreo   | 9.99   |
| toast        | sandwich             | some microwave food | Mars   | 9.99   |
| toast        | sandwich             | some microwave food | Oreo   | 9.99   |
| toast        | oily Asian take-away | some microwave food | Mars   | 9.99   |
| toast        | oily Asian take-away | some microwave food | Oreo   | 9.99   |
| bacon & eggs | sandwich             | some microwave food | Mars   | 9.99   |
| bacon & eggs | sandwich             | some microwave food | Oreo   | 9.99   |
| bacon & eggs | oily Asian take-away | some microwave food | Mars   | 9.99   |
| bacon & eggs | oily Asian take-away | some microwave food | Oreo   | 9.99   |

Usage

Read from STDIN and output to STDOUT

cat some.json | permutation-markdown-table

Read from file and output to STDOUT

permutation-markdown-table -i ./some.json

Output to a file

permutation-markdown-table -o ./test-case.md

Options

option	description	example
-h, —help	output usage information
-V, —version	output the version number
-i, —input	path to the input file	-i ./some.json
-o, —output	path to the output file	-o ./test-case.md

Install

For convinience, the recommended installation is via NPM.

npm install -g permutation-markdown-table