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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding=utf-8
+"""Examples of using the cmd2 table creation API"""
+import functools
+import sys
+from typing import Any, List
+
+from cmd2 import ansi
+from cmd2.table_creator import AlternatingTable, BorderedTable, Column, HorizontalAlignment, SimpleTable
+
+
+class DollarFormatter:
+    """Example class to show that any object type can be passed as data to TableCreator and converted to a string"""
+    def __init__(self, val: float) -> None:
+        self.val = val
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        """Returns the value in dollar currency form (e.g. $100.22)"""
+        return "${:,.2f}".format(self.val)
+
+
+# Text styles used in the data
+bold_yellow = functools.partial(ansi.style, fg=ansi.fg.bright_yellow, bold=True)
+blue = functools.partial(ansi.style, fg=ansi.fg.bright_blue)
+green = functools.partial(ansi.style, fg=ansi.fg.green)
+
+# Table Columns
+columns: List[Column] = list()
+columns.append(Column("Name", width=20))
+columns.append(Column("Address", width=38))
+columns.append(Column("Income", width=14,
+                      header_horiz_align=HorizontalAlignment.RIGHT,
+                      data_horiz_align=HorizontalAlignment.RIGHT))
+
+# Table data which demonstrates handling of wrapping and text styles
+data_list: List[List[Any]] = list()
+data_list.append(["Billy Smith",
+                  "123 Sesame St.\n"
+                  "Fake Town, USA 33445", DollarFormatter(100333.03)])
+data_list.append(["William Longfellow Marmaduke III",
+                  "984 Really Long Street Name Which Will Wrap Nicely\n"
+                  "Apt 22G\n"
+                  "Pensacola, FL 32501", DollarFormatter(55135.22)])
+data_list.append(["James " + blue("Bluestone"),
+                  bold_yellow("This address has line feeds,\n"
+                              "text styles, and wrapping. ") + blue("Style is preserved across lines."),
+                  DollarFormatter(300876.10)])
+data_list.append(["John Jones",
+                  "9235 Highway 32\n"
+                  + green("Greenville") + ", SC 29604",
+                  DollarFormatter(82987.71)])
+
+
+def ansi_print(text):
+    """Wraps style_aware_write so style can be stripped if needed"""
+    ansi.style_aware_write(sys.stdout, text + '\n')
+
+
+def main():
+    # Default to terminal mode so redirecting to a file won't include the ANSI style sequences
+    ansi.allow_style = ansi.STYLE_TERMINAL
+
+    st = SimpleTable(columns)
+    table = st.generate_table(data_list)
+    ansi_print(table)
+
+    bt = BorderedTable(columns)
+    table = bt.generate_table(data_list)
+    ansi_print(table)
+
+    at = AlternatingTable(columns)
+    table = at.generate_table(data_list)
+    ansi_print(table)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()