feat: add suppressTrailingSpaces to remove all trailing spaces in final column

table/README.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Pretty-print tables into ASCII/Unicode strings.
   - Mirror output to an `io.Writer` (ex. `os.StdOut`) (`SetOutputMirror`)
   - Sort by one or more Columns (`SortBy`)
   - Suppress/hide columns with no content (`SuppressEmptyColumns`) 
+  - Suppress trailing spaces in the last column (`SupressTrailingSpaces`) 
   - Customizable Cell rendering per Column (`ColumnConfig.Transformer*`)
   - Hide any columns that you don't want displayed (`ColumnConfig.Hidden`)
   - Reset Headers/Rows/Footers at will to reuse the same Table Writer (`Reset*`)

table/render_test.go

@@ -1175,3 +1175,67 @@ func TestTable_Render_WidthEnforcer(t *testing.T) {
 | R123 | Small name           | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
 +------+----------------------+------------------+----------------------------+`)
 }
+
+func TestTable_Render_SupressTrailingSpaces(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader2)
+	tw.AppendRows([]Row{
+		{"U2", "Hey", "2021-04-19 13:37", "Yuh yuh yuh"},
+		{"S12", "Uhhhh", "2021-04-19 13:37", "Some dummy data here"},
+		{"R123", "Lobsters", "2021-04-19 13:37", "I like lobsters"},
+		{"R123", "Some big name here and it's pretty big", "2021-04-19 13:37", "Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"},
+		{"R123", "Small name", "2021-04-19 13:37", "Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"},
+	})
+
+	t.Run("borders and separators", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.Style().Options = OptionsDefault
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++------+----------------------------------------+------------------+----------------------------+
+| ID   | TEXT1                                  | DATE             | TEXT2                      |
++------+----------------------------------------+------------------+----------------------------+
+| U2   | Hey                                    | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Yuh yuh yuh                |
+| S12  | Uhhhh                                  | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Some dummy data here       |
+| R123 | Lobsters                               | 2021-04-19 13:37 | I like lobsters            |
+| R123 | Some big name here and it's pretty big | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
+| R123 | Small name                             | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
++------+----------------------------------------+------------------+----------------------------+`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("no borders and separators", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.Style().Options = OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+ ID    TEXT1                                   DATE              TEXT2                      
+ U2    Hey                                     2021-04-19 13:37  Yuh yuh yuh                
+ S12   Uhhhh                                   2021-04-19 13:37  Some dummy data here       
+ R123  Lobsters                                2021-04-19 13:37  I like lobsters            
+ R123  Some big name here and it's pretty big  2021-04-19 13:37  Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 
+ R123  Small name                              2021-04-19 13:37  Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz `)
+	})
+
+	tw.SupressTrailingSpaces()
+
+	t.Run("borders and separators suppressed spaces", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.Style().Options = OptionsDefault
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++------+----------------------------------------+------------------+----------------------------+
+| ID   | TEXT1                                  | DATE             | TEXT2                      |
++------+----------------------------------------+------------------+----------------------------+
+| U2   | Hey                                    | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Yuh yuh yuh                |
+| S12  | Uhhhh                                  | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Some dummy data here       |
+| R123 | Lobsters                               | 2021-04-19 13:37 | I like lobsters            |
+| R123 | Some big name here and it's pretty big | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
+| R123 | Small name                             | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
++------+----------------------------------------+------------------+----------------------------+`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("no borders and separators suppressed spaces", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.Style().Options = OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+ID    TEXT1                                   DATE              TEXT2
+U2    Hey                                     2021-04-19 13:37  Yuh yuh yuh
+S12   Uhhhh                                   2021-04-19 13:37  Some dummy data here
+R123  Lobsters                                2021-04-19 13:37  I like lobsters
+R123  Some big name here and it's pretty big  2021-04-19 13:37  Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
+R123  Small name                              2021-04-19 13:37  Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`)
+	})
+}

table/table.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package table
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ type Table struct {
 	// suppressEmptyColumns hides columns which have no content on all regular
 	// rows
 	suppressEmptyColumns bool
+	// supressTrailingSpaces removes all trailing spaces from the end of the last column
+	supressTrailingSpaces bool
 	// title contains the text to appear above the table
 	title string
 }
@@ -297,6 +300,12 @@ func (t *Table) SuppressEmptyColumns() {
 	t.suppressEmptyColumns = true
 }
 
+// SupressTrailingSpaces removes all trailing spaces from the end of the last column
+// this is useful when OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators is used
+func (t *Table) SupressTrailingSpaces() {
+	t.supressTrailingSpaces = true
+}
+
 func (t *Table) getAlign(colIdx int, hint renderHint) text.Align {
 	align := text.AlignDefault
 	if cfg, ok := t.columnConfigMap[colIdx]; ok {
@@ -679,6 +688,14 @@ func (t *Table) isIndexColumn(colIdx int, hint renderHint) bool {
 
 func (t *Table) render(out *strings.Builder) string {
 	outStr := out.String()
+	if t.supressTrailingSpaces {
+		var trimmed []string
+		sc := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(outStr))
+		for sc.Scan() {
+			trimmed = append(trimmed, strings.TrimSpace(sc.Text()))
+		}
+		outStr = strings.Join(trimmed, "\n")
+	}
 	if t.outputMirror != nil && len(outStr) > 0 {
 		_, _ = t.outputMirror.Write([]byte(outStr))
 		_, _ = t.outputMirror.Write([]byte("\n"))

table/table_test.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var (
 	testFooterMultiLine = Row{"", "", "Total\nSalary", 10000}
 	testHeader          = Row{"#", "First Name", "Last Name", "Salary"}
 	testHeaderMultiLine = Row{"#", "First\nName", "Last\nName", "Salary"}
+	testHeader2         = Row{"ID", "Text1", "Date", "Text2"}
 	testRows            = []Row{
 		{1, "Arya", "Stark", 3000},
 		{20, "Jon", "Snow", 2000, "You know nothing, Jon Snow!"},

table/writer.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Writer interface {
 	SortBy(sortBy []SortBy)
 	Style() *Style
 	SuppressEmptyColumns()
+	SupressTrailingSpaces()
 
 	// deprecated; in favor of Style().HTML.CSSClass
 	SetHTMLCSSClass(cssClass string)