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Text to ASCII Table

Convert CSV, TSV, or JSON arrays to ASCII/Unicode box-drawing tables for README files and code comments.

First row is header

Paste your data above to generate a table

Supports CSV, TSV, and JSON array formats

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Text to ASCII Table: Generate Plain-Text Tables from Data

Convert delimited data into formatted ASCII tables for terminals, code comments, and plain-text documents.

What Are ASCII Tables and Why Use Them

ASCII tables are plain-text representations of tabular data drawn with characters like pipes, dashes, and plus signs. They display rows and columns in a fixed-width format that renders identically in any terminal, code comment, email, or text file without requiring rich formatting support.

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