From b08e7e4762ecc3956a7065ce2d78f6fb8dfdf0ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashbunni <15822994+bashbunni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 10:05:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(table): unset data rows without causing nil pointer err
 (#372)

* fix(table): unset data rows without causing nil pointer err

* test(table): add ClearRows test to repro nil ptr err
---
 table/table.go      |  2 +-
 table/table_test.go | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/table/table.go b/table/table.go
index 8ad93053..1bef6717 100644
--- a/table/table.go
+++ b/table/table.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func New() *Table {
 
 // ClearRows clears the table rows.
 func (t *Table) ClearRows() *Table {
-	t.data = nil
+	t.data = NewStringData()
 	return t
 }
 
diff --git a/table/table_test.go b/table/table_test.go
index 0138d238..fbe18812 100644
--- a/table/table_test.go
+++ b/table/table_test.go
@@ -1140,6 +1140,24 @@ func TestTableHeightWithOffset(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestClearRows(t *testing.T) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("had to recover: %v", r)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	table := New().
+		Border(lipgloss.NormalBorder()).
+		Headers("LANGUAGE", "FORMAL", "INFORMAL").
+		Row("Chinese", "Nǐn hǎo", "Nǐ hǎo")
+	table.ClearRows()
+	table.Row("French", "Bonjour", "Salut")
+
+	// String() will try to get the rows from table.data
+	table.String()
+}
+
 func debug(s string) string {
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(s, " ", ".")
 }