{"record":{"id":"1ba99304adf63a7a","repo":"pola-rs/polars","slug":"could-not-parse-table-width-argument","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"could not parse table width argument","messagePattern":"could not parse table width argument","errorType":"panic","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/polars-core/src/fmt.rs","lineNumber":742,"sourceCode":"                                &ellipsis,\n                                padding,\n                            );\n                            table.add_row(row_strings);\n                        } else {\n                            break;\n                        }\n                    }\n                }\n            } else if height > 0 {\n                let dots: Vec<String> = vec![ellipsis; self.width()];\n                table.add_row(dots);\n            }\n            let tbl_fallback_width = 100;\n            let tbl_width = std::env::var(\"POLARS_TABLE_WIDTH\")\n                .map(|s| {\n                    let n = s\n                        .parse::<i64>()\n                        .expect(\"could not parse table width argument\");\n                    let w = if n < 0 {\n                        u16::MAX\n                    } else {\n                        u16::try_from(n).expect(\"table width argument does not fit in u16\")\n                    };\n                    Some(w)\n                })\n                .unwrap_or(None);\n\n            // column width constraints\n            let col_width_exact =\n                |w: usize| ColumnConstraint::Absolute(comfy_table::Width::Fixed(w as u16));\n            let col_width_bounds = |l: usize, u: usize| ColumnConstraint::Boundaries {\n                lower: Width::Fixed(l as u16),\n                upper: Width::Fixed(u as u16),\n            };\n            let min_col_width = std::cmp::max(5, 3 + padding);\n            for (idx, elem_len) in max_elem_lengths.iter().enumerate() {","sourceCodeStart":724,"sourceCodeEnd":760,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/pola-rs/polars/blob/df599052daf96e7a9cc30a3b0c6bd25d6947e3c0/crates/polars-core/src/fmt.rs#L724-L760","documentation":"Error \"could not parse table width argument\" thrown in pola-rs/polars.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/polars-core/src/fmt.rs:742 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"df599052daf96e7a9cc30a3b0c6bd25d6947e3c0","analyzedAt":"2026-08-16T12:10:03.978Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-16T13:17:31.715Z"}