[C++] Adding tabular pretty printing of Table / RecordBatch
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Description
It would be nice to show a "preview" (eg xx number of first and last rows) of a Table or RecordBatch in a traditional tabular form (like pandas DataFrames, or R data.frame / tibbles have, or in a format that resembles markdown tables).
This could also be added in the bindings, but we could also do it on the C++ level to benefit multiple bindings at once.
Based on a quick search, there is https://github.com/p-ranav/tabulate which could be vendored (it has a single-include version).
I suppose that nested data types could represent a challenge on how to include those in a tabular format, though.
**Reporter**: [Joris Van den Bossche](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-14799) / @jorisvandenbossche
#### Related issues:
- [PrettyPrint Improvements](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/33527) (relates to)
**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-14799](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-14799). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing C++ pretty-printing entry points for Table and RecordBatch, then read the related PrettyPrint Improvements issue. The payload names no specific file or test. Done would be a defined tabular preview showing first and last rows, including a decided representation for nested data types.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- data-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100