From a03fdeb5df1bb38f822c1a78b3cb5393932ef5a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Scheid <jakob.scheid@icloud.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 18:57:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=09ge=C3=A4ndert:=20=20=20=20=20=20=20README.md?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20=09ge=C3=A4ndert:=20=20=20=20=20=20=20pyproject.toml=20=09ge?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=C3=A4ndert:=20=20=20=20=20=20=20src/text=5Ftable/=5Fcore.py?=
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 README.md               | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 pyproject.toml          |  2 +-
 src/text_table/_core.py | 19 +++++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36920be..78b3246 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,4 +12,19 @@ pip install text-table --index-url https://jcloud-services.ddns.net/simple/
 ## Usage
 - `table`: The function which creates a text table from the params.
 - `TableBorderCharset`: A class for the charset of a table border.
-- `BORDER_THIN`, `BORDER_THICK`, `BORDER_DOUBLE`, `BORDER_ROUND`: Prepared border charsets.
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+- `BORDER_THIN`, `BORDER_THICK`, `BORDER_DOUBLE`, `BORDER_ROUND`: Prepared border charsets.
+
+
+## Changelog
+
+### Version 0.1.3
+- Added support for objects with custom length and correct formatting of these
+
+### Version 0.1.2
+- Corrected type hints mistake
+
+### Version 0.1.1
+- Renamed functions
+
+### Version 0.1.0
+- First release
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54bb250..2e0f45a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "text_table"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.3"
 description = "A simple library for creating text tables."
 readme = "README.md"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/text_table/_core.py b/src/text_table/_core.py
index 973ad32..6e0cac3 100644
--- a/src/text_table/_core.py
+++ b/src/text_table/_core.py
@@ -87,9 +87,16 @@ def _get_max_widths(data: Sequence[dict]) -> dict:
     max_widths = {}
     for row in data:
         for col in row:
-            max_widths[col] = max(len(str(row[col])), max_widths.get(col, 0))
+            max_widths[col] = max(_len(row[col]), max_widths.get(col, 0))
     return max_widths
 
+def _len(obj, /) -> int:
+    try:
+        len(obj)
+        return len(obj)
+    except:
+        return len(str(obj))
+
 def table(data: Sequence[dict], *, borders: bool = False, border_charset: TableBorderCharset = BORDER_THIN, column_space: int = 1, uppercase_column_headers: bool = True) -> str:
     '''
     Creates a text table.
@@ -113,19 +120,19 @@ def table(data: Sequence[dict], *, borders: bool = False, border_charset: TableB
     table = f'''{(column_space * ' ').join([(c.upper() if uppercase_column_headers else c) + ' ' * (column_widths[c] - len(c)) for c in columns])}'''
     table = ''
     for col in columns:
-        column_widths[col] = max(column_widths[col], len(col))
+        column_widths[col] = max(column_widths[col], _len(col))
     for col in columns:
         table += col.upper() if uppercase_column_headers else col
-        table += ' ' * (column_widths[col] - len(col))
+        table += ' ' * (column_widths[col] - _len(col))
         table += ' ' * column_space
         if borders:
             table += border_charset.line_vertical + ' '
     for row in data:
         table += '\n'
         for column in columns:
-            value = str(row.get(column, ''))
-            table += value
-            table += ' ' * (column_widths[column] - len(str(value)))
+            value = row.get(column, '')
+            table += str(value)
+            table += ' ' * (column_widths[column] - _len(value))
             table += column_space * ' '
             if borders:
                 table += border_charset.line_vertical + ' '