I have list of facts as follows.
items(itemId('P01'),prodName('Pots'),stockQty(50),price(8200)).
items(itemId('P02'),prodName('Pans'),stockQty(50),price(400)).
items(itemId('P03'),prodName('Spoons'),stockQty(50),price(200)).
items(itemId('P04'),prodName('Forks'),stockQty(50),price(120)).
items(itemId('P05'),prodName('Kettles'),stockQty(50),price(500)).
items(itemId('P06'),prodName('Plates'),stockQty(50),price(60)).
How to print on the console something like the following when a command like print_all_products.
is given.
..............
Available Products
..........
Name Qty
Pots 60
Pans 50
Spoons 40
..................
I tried using forall
and foreach
I am unsuccessful in generating what i need.
Answer with more details is posted here. Below is the code so that this is not a link only answer.
items(itemId('P01'),prodName('Pots'),stockOty(50),price(8200)).
items(itemId('P02'),prodName('Pans'),stockOty(50),price(400)).
items(itemId('P03'),prodName('Spoons'),stockOty(50),price(200)).
items(itemId('P04'),prodName('Forks'),stockOty(50),price(120)).
items(itemId('P05'),prodName('Kettles'),stockOty(50),price(500)).
items(itemId('P06'),prodName('Plates'),stockOty(50),price(60)).
header("\n........................\nAvailable Products\n........................\nName Qty\n").
footer("........................\n").
spaces(Length,Spaces) :-
length(List,Length),
maplist([_,0'\s]>>true,List,Codes),
string_codes(Spaces,Codes).
padded_string(String,Width,Padded_string) :-
string_length(String,String_length),
Padding_length is Width - String_length,
spaces(Padding_length,Padding),
atom_concat(String,Padding,Padded_string).
format_detail_line(item(Name,Quantity),width(Name_width),Formatted_item) :-
padded_string(Name,Name_width,Padded_name),
atom_concat(Padded_name,Quantity,Formatted_item).
add_detail_line(width(Name_Width),Item,Lines0,Lines) :-
format_detail_line(Item,width(Name_Width),Formatted_item),
atomic_list_concat([Lines0,Formatted_item,"\n"], Lines).
items_detail(Detail) :-
findall(item(Name,Quantity),items(_,prodName(Name),stockOty(Quantity),_),Items),
aggregate_all(max(Width),Width,(items(_,prodName(Name),_,_),string_length(Name,Width)),Name_Width),
Name_field_width is Name_Width + 1,
foldl(add_detail_line(width(Name_field_width)),Items,"",Detail).
print_all_products(Report) :-
header(Header),
items_detail(Detail),
footer(Footer),
atomic_list_concat([Header,Detail,Footer], Report).
print_all_products :-
print_all_products(Report),
write(Report).
:- begin_tests(formatted_report).
test(1) :-
print_all_products(Report),
with_output_to(atom(Atom),write(Report)),
assertion( Atom == '\n........................\nAvailable Products\n........................\nName Qty\nPots 50\nPans 50\nSpoons 50\nForks 50\nKettles 50\nPlates 50\n........................\n' ).
:- end_tests(formatted_report).
Note: The answer given by Peter is the customary way to do the formatting, but as I noted, that drives me nuts. Even so, that is the way I would do it in a production environment.
I gave this answer because the OP noted they were looking for a way to do it using predicates like forall/2 or foreach/2. Granted neither of them is used in this answer but the intent of using a more functional approach is used.
If the question was more open ended I would have given a answer using DCGs.