Method Init

cli/command/formatter/tabwriter/tabwriter.go:213–233

A Writer must be initialized with a call to Init. The first parameter (output) specifies the filter output. The remaining parameters control the formatting: minwidth minimal cell width including any padding tabwidth width of tab characters (equivalent number of spaces) padding the padding added

(output io.Writer, minwidth, tabwidth, padding int, padchar byte, flags uint)

//			to the tab width in the viewer displaying the result)
//	flags		formatting control
func (b *Writer) Init(output io.Writer, minwidth, tabwidth, padding int, padchar byte, flags uint) *Writer {
	if minwidth < 0 || tabwidth < 0 || padding < 0 {
		panic("negative minwidth, tabwidth, or padding")
	}
	b.output = output
	b.minwidth = minwidth
	b.tabwidth = tabwidth
	b.padding = padding
	for i := range b.padbytes {
		b.padbytes[i] = padchar
	}
	if padchar == '\t' {
		// tab padding enforces left-alignment
		flags &^= AlignRight
	}
	b.flags = flags

	b.reset()

	return b
}

// debugging support (keep code around)
func (b *Writer) dump() {