# \#prettytables

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## [Wrap title in PrettyTables v3?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wrap-title-in-prettytables-v3/133121)

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**Author:** [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wrap-title-in-prettytables-v3/133121 "2025-10-14T18:13:16Z")

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Is it possible to wrap a long title in version 3 of PrettyTables.jl? I was able to do this in version 2 with the text backend by inserting newlines in the title where I wanted the line break. This no longer works in vers…

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## [Current state and the future of PrettyTables.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-state-and-the-future-of-prettytables-jl/118455)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 144\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-state-and-the-future-of-prettytables-jl/118455 "2025-10-14T14:15:06Z")

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Hi! I started writing PrettyTables.jl six years ago. My idea was to make a very simple package to print some tabular data just like we have in ASCII Table Generator – Quickly format ASCII table. Great for source code co…

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## [\[ANN\] PrettyTables v3.0.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-prettytables-v3-0-0/131821)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 86\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-prettytables-v3-0-0/131821 "2025-10-14T06:23:20Z")

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Hi! Finally, I’ve completed the first release of PrettyTables.jl version 3! For anyone using this package, we can assume that everything in the API has changed (sorry about that :D). However, these breaking changes have…

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## [How to hide the types line when pretty printing a data frame](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-hide-the-types-line-when-pretty-printing-a-data-frame/33393)

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**Author:** [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-hide-the-types-line-when-pretty-printing-a-data-frame/33393 "2025-10-03T11:25:31Z")

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I’m sure this was mentioned before, I just can’t find it in PrettyTables.jl’s documentation nor here on Discourse. How can I hide the row indicating the columns’ types when printing a DataFrame? julia\> using DataFrames,…

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## [Pretty print summary statistics for a dataframe](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pretty-print-summary-statistics-for-a-dataframe/129838)

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**Author:** [@theabhirath](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/theabhirath)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pretty-print-summary-statistics-for-a-dataframe/129838 "2025-06-15T02:27:29Z")

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I’m looking to print out a summary of missing values in each row and column for a dataframe, but ideally I want to print it alongside the actual dataframe itself – in my head it looks something like this (pardon the crud…

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## [Incrementally pretty print a table, one row at a time](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/incrementally-pretty-print-a-table-one-row-at-a-time/128544)

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**Author:** [@luke-kiernan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/luke-kiernan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/incrementally-pretty-print-a-table-one-row-at-a-time/128544 "2025-04-30T01:55:38Z")

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I’m comparing some Newton’s method-type iterative solvers. I’d like to pretty print the progress of the iterative method, so I can tell if the search is making good progress. If I didn’t care about performance, I’d just …

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## [PrettyTables.jl + Makie.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/prettytables-jl-makie-jl/66707)

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**Author:** [@bicepjai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bicepjai)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/prettytables-jl-makie-jl/66707 "2025-03-19T17:13:18Z")

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Will it be possible to insert https://github.com/ronisbr/PrettyTables.jl on an axis ?

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## [How to print similar tabular process output?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-print-similar-tabular-process-output/112928)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-print-similar-tabular-process-output/112928 "2024-04-16T07:33:03Z")

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How can I print a similar tabular process output in my code? (make them aligned) Nodes | B&B Tree | Objective Bounds | Dynamic Constraints | Work Proc. InQue…

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## [Is there a better way to format each individual columns in a dataframe?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-format-each-individual-columns-in-a-dataframe/111677)

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**Author:** [@Philip\_Stuckey](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Philip_Stuckey)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-format-each-individual-columns-in-a-dataframe/111677 "2024-03-16T17:48:20Z")

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I wrote a function to format individual columns of a dataframe and I’m wondering if that’s a good idea or not. Is there a better way to format the columns of a dataframe before printing to markdown? I found the formatte…

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## [Cropping dataframe table data left or center](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cropping-dataframe-table-data-left-or-center/110344)

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**Author:** [@bertlhf](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bertlhf)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cropping-dataframe-table-data-left-or-center/110344 "2024-02-19T14:39:13Z")

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Dataframe table data in Julia can easily be cropped right with the column\_width keyword of PrettyTables.jl. For some of my columns I need data cropped left or center. I used to do this in R with the str\_trunc function fr…

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## [PrettyTables.jl breaks on non-breaking release](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/prettytables-jl-breaks-on-non-breaking-release/106990)

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**Author:** [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/prettytables-jl-breaks-on-non-breaking-release/106990 "2023-12-01T17:50:19Z")

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Hello, I use PrettyTables.jl to print the contents of a struct to the REPL. Sometime between 2.0 and 2.3.1 it stopped working. Here is an example showing it works with 2.0: Code using SequentialSamplingModels dist = …

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## [Formatting DataFrames with PrettyTables](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatting-dataframes-with-prettytables/88033)

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**Author:** [@alexgr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alexgr)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatting-dataframes-with-prettytables/88033 "2023-09-19T01:02:55Z")

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I’d like to format some numeric columns with different decimal positions. The approach I am following is this: using Random using DataFrames using PrettyTables df = DataFrame(rand(5, 3), :auto) pretty\_table(df, formatt…

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## [Is there a way to display DataFrame with horizontal line for every row?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-dataframe-with-horizontal-line-for-every-row/103719)

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**Author:** [@huang\_min](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/huang_min)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-dataframe-with-horizontal-line-for-every-row/103719 "2023-09-11T20:25:10Z")

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I am doing some exploration on the screen for my dataframe with about 10 columns. Is there a way to print the table on the screen with horizontal line for every row just like a latex table? I could not find this option i…

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## [How Can I Display Meta-Data with PrettyTables in Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-display-meta-data-with-prettytables-in-julia/103310)

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**Author:** [@Olegg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Olegg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-display-meta-data-with-prettytables-in-julia/103310 "2023-08-28T20:53:51Z")

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When using PrettyTables to display a DataFrame, eg with an HTML back-end, the size of the DataFrame is typically displayed at the top, as shown in the figure below. Is there a way to customize this to display some basic …

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## [How to colour individual array entries in a DataFrame cell with PrettyTables or similar?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-colour-individual-array-entries-in-a-dataframe-cell-with-prettytables-or-similar/102157)

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**Author:** [@Olegg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Olegg)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-colour-individual-array-entries-in-a-dataframe-cell-with-prettytables-or-similar/102157 "2023-07-28T02:04:27Z")

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I have a many-column DataFrames with most columns containing an array in each cell. (These are properties per solution in multi-constrained optimisation.) Here’s a snippet with 3-element arrays Would it be possible t…

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## [Unabridged printing of long strings, either in a Vector or in a DataFrame?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unabridged-printing-of-long-strings-either-in-a-vector-or-in-a-dataframe/101365)

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**Author:** [@myersm0](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/myersm0)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unabridged-printing-of-long-strings-either-in-a-vector-or-in-a-dataframe/101365 "2023-07-11T12:32:00Z")

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Sometimes when I’m working with long strings, usually in the form of a Vector{String}, I’d like to be able to see them in their entirety in the REPL, even if each one gets wrapped to multiple lines. Is there an easy way …

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## [PrettyTables.jl =\> Font Type and Size](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/prettytables-jl-font-type-and-size/92782)

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**Author:** [@lgmendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lgmendes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/prettytables-jl-font-type-and-size/92782 "2023-01-10T23:31:37Z")

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How can I change the font type and size of the HTML output generated using PrettyTables.jl and presented in Pluto? It is possible to rotate the text of the header 45º degrees? begin data=fill(1.0,4,4) header=\[“aaaa…

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## [PrettyTables diff digits highlight?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/prettytables-diff-digits-highlight/92664)

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**Author:** [@LaurentPlagne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LaurentPlagne)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/prettytables-diff-digits-highlight/92664 "2023-01-09T19:52:07Z")

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Hi, First, kudos again to @Ronis\_BR for the super useful PrettyTables.jl package ! I was wondering if it could be possible to highlight diff digits between two columns with PrettyTables.jl like

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## [Export dataframe to html file](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/export-dataframe-to-html-file/91941)

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**Author:** [@mocalvao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mocalvao)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/export-dataframe-to-html-file/91941 "2022-12-22T08:08:01Z")

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Hi there I have read a csv file into Julia, as a dataframe, with some columns of type string, some of type integer, and others of type float. I would like to save, or export or write this dataframe as an html file. What…

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## [How to combine prettytables and pager?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-combine-prettytables-and-pager/85593)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-combine-prettytables-and-pager/85593 "2022-08-11T07:44:11Z")

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When using prettytables I have a lot of keyword options that I can use to display a pretty table. With the function pager from TerminalPager I can browse through a dataset that does not fit on the screen. How can I combi…

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## [Print DataFrame the same way pandas print](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/print-dataframe-the-same-way-pandas-print/83311)

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**Author:** [@gitboy16](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gitboy16)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/print-dataframe-the-same-way-pandas-print/83311 "2022-06-25T12:10:16Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to print a Julia DataFrame the same way pandas dataframe prints? ( i.e. the 5 first and last rows and first/last columns) Thank you Regards.

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## [Question for PrettyTables.jl users: Can we remove filters?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-for-prettytables-jl-users-can-we-remove-filters/82609)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-for-prettytables-jl-users-can-we-remove-filters/82609 "2022-06-15T04:31:56Z")

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Hi everyone! I am building a new version of PrettyTables.jl with the features necessary to replace the LaTeX and HTML backend in DataFrames.jl. However, I am facing some problems. Most of them is related to a feature i…

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## [Is any way to print DataFrames using heat maps as background?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-any-way-to-print-dataframes-using-heat-maps-as-background/77744)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Micsa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dan_Micsa)\
**Replies:** 45\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-any-way-to-print-dataframes-using-heat-maps-as-background/77744 "2022-03-16T09:16:44Z")

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I want to print in various notebooks dataframes setting the background of each cell. This is possible in Python. Here is an example using a heatmap. Something that looks like: Is some library or code out there to do …

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## [Help testing PrettyTables v2](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-testing-prettytables-v2/76752)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-testing-prettytables-v2/76752 "2022-03-02T18:16:31Z")

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Hi! I have been working for a while in a huge rewrite of PrettyTables.jl internals. When I first developed this package, it was thought to be something straightforward: take a matrix and print it in a formatted table. I…

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## [Pluto: highlighters in PrettyTables not working](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-highlighters-in-prettytables-not-working/73742)

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**Author:** [@VivMendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VivMendes)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-highlighters-in-prettytables-not-working/73742 "2022-01-16T21:18:58Z")

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Hi, I am using Pluto. I have a matrix, and I want to highlight some of its entries using highlighters in PrettyTables. I can get the matrix printed out in the REPL, but unfortunately, the highlighters seem to be not wor…

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## [How to hide the types line when printing a data frame](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-hide-the-types-line-when-printing-a-data-frame/72046)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-hide-the-types-line-when-printing-a-data-frame/72046 "2021-11-25T12:57:07Z")

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When a dataframe is printed, I want to hide the line under the column-name that shows the column type. Basically what is shown how to do in How to hide the types line when pretty printing a data frame, but without going …

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## [Displaying unitful dataframes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/displaying-unitful-dataframes/69331)

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**Author:** [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/displaying-unitful-dataframes/69331 "2021-10-07T08:12:21Z")

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What is the recommended procedure for displaying Unitful Dataframes? Example: using DataFrames, Unitful d = (0:10:1000)u"m" v = 1500u"m/s" .+ 1.5u"1/s"\*d t = \[0u"s"; cumsum(diff(d) ./ v\[1:end-1\])\] df = DataFrame(depth=…

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## [Print boolean with PrettyTables.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/print-boolean-with-prettytables-jl/65491)

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**Author:** [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/print-boolean-with-prettytables-jl/65491 "2021-07-29T12:46:07Z")

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I am printing a struct with PrettyTables.jl and would like boolean values to print out as true or false rather than Float64s. Is there a way to do this? Thank you. Example using PrettyTables struct M x::String …

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## [Display more decimals in DataFrame](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/display-more-decimals-in-dataframe/22545)

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**Author:** [@tk3369](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tk3369)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/display-more-decimals-in-dataframe/22545 "2021-06-21T14:13:00Z")

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How do I make DataFrame to display more decimals in the REPL? e.g. x = DataFrame(a=\[1.142300004,1.142300051\]) 2×1 DataFrame │ Row │ a │ │ │ Float64 │ ├─────┼─────────┤ │ 1 │ 1.1423 │ │ 2 │ 1.1423 │

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## [Not sure to understand how matrices are displayed](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-sure-to-understand-how-matrices-are-displayed/59371)

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**Author:** [@Lecrapouille](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Lecrapouille)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-sure-to-understand-how-matrices-are-displayed/59371 "2021-04-20T18:57:08Z")

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Hi ! At least, since Julia 1.3, still now with Julia 1.6 I did not know how to fix misaligned simple matrices. julia\> A=\[45 "m" 6; 4.5 5 't'\] 2×3 Matrix{Any}: 45 "m" 6 4.5 5 't' This is an issue for my p…

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