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Updated 2017-11-30 16:05:07 by dbohdan

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
Sqawk
Tables
TclRal
an implementation of Relational Algebra
Tktable
tbmerge

Resources

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