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How to convert CSV to ASCII table (beautiful plain-text table in code)

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Highly recommended a online tools: Convert CSV to ASCII Table

It is my favorite conversion tool designed for table format, and it can convert csv into different friendly plain text tables:

1, ASCII table (mysql style)

+─────────────+─────────+───────────────────+
| 2012-05-02  | palani  | My first comment  |
+─────────────+─────────+───────────────────+
| 2012-05-02  | raja    | My second comment |
+─────────────+─────────+───────────────────+
| 2012-05-02  | palani  | My third comment  |
+─────────────+─────────+───────────────────+
| 2012-05-03  | raja    | My fourth comment |
+─────────────+─────────+───────────────────+
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2, reStructuredText Grid table

+-------------+---------+-------------------+
| 2012-05-02  | palani  | My first comment  |
+=============+=========+===================+
| 2012-05-02  | raja    | My second comment |
+-------------+---------+-------------------+
| 2012-05-02  | palani  | My third comment  |
+-------------+---------+-------------------+
| 2012-05-03  | raja    | My fourth comment |
+-------------+---------+-------------------+
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3, Unicode table (single line)

┌─────────────┬─────────┬───────────────────┐
| 2012-05-02  | palani  | My first comment  |
├─────────────┼─────────┼───────────────────┤
| 2012-05-02  | raja    | My second comment |
| 2012-05-02  | palani  | My third comment  |
| 2012-05-03  | raja    | My fourth comment |
└─────────────┴─────────┴───────────────────┘
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4, Unicode table

╔═════════════╦═════════╦═══════════════════╗
║ 2012-05-02  ║ palani  ║ My first comment  ║
╠═════════════╬═════════╬═══════════════════╣
║ 2012-05-02  ║ raja    ║ My second comment ║
║ 2012-05-02  ║ palani  ║ My third comment  ║
║ 2012-05-03  ║ raja    ║ My fourth comment ║
╚═════════════╩═════════╩═══════════════════╝
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And some other formats of plain text ASCII Table. You can also type "Force separate lines" to decide whether to express the title clearly!

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