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 **

   [http://csis.pace.edu/~marchese/Papers/IV11/Marchese_IV%2711.pdf%|%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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