From 0f9f452f9617310f8cfd99ab175eec0d673030da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Krischer <tobias.krischer@elyxon.de>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 15:46:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix wring unicode char

---
 gotree.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gotree.go b/gotree.go
index 9783a99..5f41374 100644
--- a/gotree.go
+++ b/gotree.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func printLine(name string, spaces []bool, last bool) {
 		if space {
 			fmt.Print("    ")
 		} else {
-			fmt.Print("|   ")
+			fmt.Print("│   ")
 		}
 	}
 

From 7266dbf13dee4683ccdccfd55bfe01e1bd45cb11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Krischer <tobias.krischer@elyxon.de>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 15:55:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add toString methods

---
 gotree.go | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gotree.go b/gotree.go
index 5f41374..53a49de 100644
--- a/gotree.go
+++ b/gotree.go
@@ -12,14 +12,46 @@ type GTStructure struct {
 	Items []GTStructure
 }
 
-/*PrintTree - Print the tree in console */
-func PrintTree(object GTStructure) {
+func StringTree(object GTStructure) (result string) {
+	result += object.Name + "\n"
+	var spaces []bool
+	result += stringObjItems(object.Items, spaces)
+	return
+}
 
-	fmt.Println(object.Name)
+func stringLine(name string, spaces []bool, last bool) (result string) {
+	for _, space := range spaces {
+		if space {
+			result += "    "
+		} else {
+			result += "│   "
+		}
+	}
 
-	var spaces []bool
+	indicator := "├── "
+	if last {
+		indicator = "└── "
+	}
 
-	readObjItems(object.Items, spaces)
+	result += indicator + name + "\n"
+	return
+}
+
+func stringObjItems(items []GTStructure, spaces []bool) (result string) {
+	for i, f := range items {
+		last := (i >= len(items)-1)
+		result += stringLine(f.Name, spaces, last)
+		if len(f.Items) > 0 {
+			spacesChild := append(spaces, last)
+			result += stringObjItems(f.Items, spacesChild)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+/*PrintTree - Print the tree in console */
+func PrintTree(object GTStructure) {
+	fmt.Println(StringTree(object))
 }
 
 /*ReadFolder - Read a folder and return the generated object */
@@ -52,39 +84,3 @@ func createGTReadFolder(directory string) []GTStructure {
 	}
 	return items
 }
-
-func printLine(name string, spaces []bool, last bool) {
-
-	for _, space := range spaces {
-		if space {
-			fmt.Print("    ")
-		} else {
-			fmt.Print("│   ")
-		}
-	}
-
-	indicator := "├── "
-
-	if last {
-		indicator = "└── "
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println(indicator + name)
-
-}
-
-func readObjItems(items []GTStructure, spaces []bool) {
-
-	for i, f := range items {
-
-		last := (i >= len(items)-1)
-
-		printLine(f.Name, spaces, last)
-		if len(f.Items) > 0 {
-
-			spacesChild := append(spaces, last)
-
-			readObjItems(f.Items, spacesChild)
-		}
-	}
-}