A node module for generating a text tree in ASCII
npm install ascii-treeascii-tree
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A node module for generating a text tree in ASCII
This module generates an ascii tree representation for a given string bullet list.
javascript
var asciitree = require('ascii-tree');
var input = '#root node\r\n##node1\r\n###\r\nnode1\r\n##node2';
var tree = asciitree.generate(str);
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the output string will be in below representation
`
root node
├─ node1
│ └─ node11
└─ node2
The leading character is not necessary to be , but can be any character, this is helpful to resolve the confliction between the leading character and actual content character.
`javascript
var asciitree = require('ascii-tree');
var input = 'root node\r\nnode1\r\n\r\nnode1\r\n**node2';
var tree = asciitree.generate(str);
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The line break charachters are required. Generate from an input file
First prepare an input file using bullets representating a tree
`
#root node
##node1
###node11
##node2
again, the leading character is not necessary to be but can be any character. Then process the file content with ascii-tree to generate the ascii tree
`javascript
var fs = require('fs');
var asciitree = require('ascii-tree');
var str = fs.readFileSync('input.txt', 'utf8');
var tree = asciitree.generate(str);
fs.writeFile('output.txt', tree, 'utf8');
`Test
Make sure is installed globally
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npm install mocha -g
Run