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A table is a data layout that presents data as rows and columns. Well suited to human interpretation, tables have been in use for thousands of years to visually represent data. The earliest-known tables date back to the fourth millenium B.C., and are among the earliest known examples of writing.

See also

Displaying tables

grid

a layout manager based on the table concept.

dictionary

A "dictionary" or "matrix" is used when referring to a data structure that holds tabular data and look up by key value.

matrix

Multicolumn listbox

used when referring to layout multi-dimensional data in tabular way.

nested list

:new

record

spreadsheet

Tables

TclRal

an implementation of Relational Algebra

Tktable

Resources

Exploring the Origins of Tables for Information Visualization ,Francis T. Marchese ,2011

   [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wrtg/hd_wrtg.htm%|%The Origins of Writing], the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Misc

2001-02-23: So, where is the code from RS that was used to pretty-printing a list of lists?

PYK 2014-01-01: It was moved to dictionary.

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