# API Reference


## Formatting values


Turn single values into display strings.


[fmt_number()](fmt_number.md#tinytab.fmt_number)  
Format a number with a fixed number of decimal places and a thousands separator.

[fmt_percent()](fmt_percent.md#tinytab.fmt_percent)  
Format a proportion as a percentage.

[fmt_currency()](fmt_currency.md#tinytab.fmt_currency)  
Format a number as a currency value.


## Tables


Build a table, format its columns, and render it as text or HTML.


[Table](Table.md#tinytab.Table)  
A small, column-oriented table.

[Table.fmt()](Table.fmt.md#tinytab.Table.fmt)  
Attach a formatting function to a column.

[Table.as_text()](Table.as_text.md#tinytab.Table.as_text)  
Render the table as a Markdown-style text table.

[Table.as_html()](Table.as_html.md#tinytab.Table.as_html)  
Render the table as an HTML `<table>`.

[Table.to_csv()](Table.to_csv.md#tinytab.Table.to_csv)  
Write the table's unformatted values to a CSV file.

[Table.from_csv()](Table.from_csv.md#tinytab.Table.from_csv)  
Read a table from a CSV file. All values are read as strings.


## Summary statistics


Summarize a set of numbers.


[summarize()](summarize.md#tinytab.summarize)  
Compute summary statistics for a sequence of numbers.

[SummaryResult](SummaryResult.md#tinytab.SummaryResult)  
Summary statistics for a set of numbers, as returned by [summarize()](summarize.md#tinytab.summarize).