RosettaCodeData/Task/Align-columns/Racket/align-columns.rkt

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Racket

#lang racket
(define (display-aligned text #:justify [justify 'left])
(define lines
(for/list ([line (regexp-split #rx"\n" text)])
(regexp-split #rx"\\$" line)))
(define width
(add1 (for*/fold ([m 0]) ([line lines] [word line])
(max m (string-length word)))))
(define spaces (make-string width #\space))
(for ([line lines])
(for* ([word line]
[strs (let ([spc (substring spaces (string-length word))])
(case justify
[(left) (list word spc)]
[(right) (list spc word)]
[(center) (let ([i (quotient (string-length spc) 2)])
(list (substring spc i)
word
(substring spc 0 i)))]))])
(display strs))
(newline)))
(define text
"Given$a$text$file$of$many$lines,$where$fields$within$a$line$
are$delineated$by$a$single$'dollar'$character,$write$a$program
that$aligns$each$column$of$fields$by$ensuring$that$words$in$each$
column$are$separated$by$at$least$one$space.
Further,$allow$for$each$word$in$a$column$to$be$either$left$
justified,$right$justified,$or$center$justified$within$its$column.")
(display-aligned text)
(display-aligned #:justify 'right text)
(display-aligned #:justify 'center text)