p5.js saveTable() Function

Last Updated : 12 Jul, 2025
The saveTable() function is used to save a p5.Table object to a file. The format of the file saved can be defined as a parameter to the function. By default, it saves a text file with comma-separated-values, however, it can be used to save it using-tab separated-values or generate an HTML table from it. Syntax: 
saveTable( Table, filename, options )
Parameters: This function accept three parameters as mentioned above and described below:
  • Table: This is a p5.Table object that would be saved to the file.
  • filename: It specifies the string that is used as the filename of the saved file.
  • options: It is a string which denotes the format of the table to be saved. It can be either "csv" which saves the table using comma-separated-values, "tsv" which saves the table using tab-separated-values, or "html" which generates an HTML table. It is an optional parameter.
Below example illustrates the saveTable() function in p5.js: Example: javascript 
function setup() {
  createCanvas(600, 300);
  textSize(20);
 
  text("Click on the button below to "
        + "save the Table Object", 20, 20);
  
  text("Select the output format:", 20, 60);
 
  // Create radio button for choosing
  // file format to save the table
  radio = createRadio();
  radio.position(30, 80);
  radio.option('csv');
  radio.option('tsv');
  radio.option('html');
 
  // Create a button for saving the Table object
  saveBtn = createButton("Save Table to file");
  saveBtn.position(30, 120);
  saveBtn.mousePressed(saveFile);
 
  // Create the table for saving to file
  table = new p5.Table();
 
  table.addColumn('Invention');
  table.addColumn('Inventors');
 
  let tableRow = table.addRow();
  tableRow.setString('Invention', 'Telescope');
  tableRow.setString('Inventors', 'Galileo');
 
  tableRow = table.addRow();
  tableRow.setString('Invention', 'Steam Engine');
  tableRow.setString('Inventors', 'James Watt');
 
  tableRow = table.addRow();
  tableRow.setString('Invention', 'Radio');
  tableRow.setString('Inventors', 'Guglielmo Marconi');
}
 
function saveFile() {
 
  // Get the output format selected
  // from the radio buttons
  outputFormat = radio.value();
 
  // Save the table to file with the given format
  saveTable(table, 'tableOutput', outputFormat);
}
Output: save-tsv-table Online editor: https://editor.p5js.org/ Environment Setup: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/javascript/p5-js-soundfile-object-installation-and-methods/ Reference: https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/saveTable
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