Re: format_output question

[Ron <ron () skullsecurity net>]

Hi Patrik,

That definitely appears to be a bug, but I can't reproduce it. I copied 
and pasted your code into this function:

action = function(host, port)
    local a = {}
    local a2 = {}

    table.insert(a, "Level 1 - Item 1")
    table.insert(a2, "Level 2 - Item 1")
    table.insert(a2, "Level 2 - Item 2")
    table.insert( a, a2 )

    return stdnse.format_output(true, a)
end


And the response is:

| test:
|   Level 1 - Item 1
|     Level 2 - Item 1
|_    Level 2 - Item 2

Is there some other circumstance, perhaps?

On 01/13/2010 02:16 PM, Patrik Karlsson wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm looking into some output issues I'm having in two of my scripts and noticed the following:
>
> table.insert(a, "Level 1 - Item 1")
> table.insert(a2, "Level 2 - Item 1")
> table.insert(a2, "Level 2 - Item 2")
> table.insert( a, a2 )
> return stdnse.format_output(true, a)
>
> produces the following output
>
> | test:
> |   Level 1 - Item 1
> |     Level 2 - Item 1
> |_   Level 2 - Item 2
>
> while the following code (having only one item at Level2)
>
> table.insert(a, "Level 1 - Item 1")
> table.insert(a2, "Level 2 - Item 1")
> table.insert( a, a2 )
> return stdnse.format_output(true, a)
>
> produces the following output, depending on your font settings it may be difficult to see but the Level 2 item is not 
> indented properly and is more to the left than Level 1.
>
> | test:
> |   Level 1 - Item 1
> |_Level 2 - Item 1
>
> Is this the way it should work or a bug?
>
> //Patrik

Hmm, that looks like it might be a bug. I tested it pretty good, when I 
first wrote it, but we've made some changes since then.
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