Index: lib/tablelib.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/moodle/moodle/lib/tablelib.php,v
retrieving revision 1.24.2.3
diff -u -r1.24.2.3 tablelib.php
--- lib/tablelib.php	13 Mar 2008 14:02:34 -0000	1.24.2.3
+++ lib/tablelib.php	10 May 2008 04:36:06 -0000
@@ -774,6 +774,27 @@
         }
         $this->data[] = NULL;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Add a row of data to the table. This function takes an array with 
+     * column names as keys. 
+     * It ignores any elements with keys that are not defined as columns. It
+     * puts in empty strings into the row when there is no element in the passed
+     * array corresponding to a column in the table. It puts the row elements in
+     * the proper order.
+     * @param $rowwithkeys array
+     * 
+     */
+    function add_data_keyed($rowwithkeys){
+        foreach (array_keys($this->columns) as $column){
+            if (isset($rowwithkeys[$column])){
+                $row [] = $rowwithkeys[$column];
+            } else {
+                $row[] ='';
+            }
+        }
+        $this->add_data($row);
+    }
 
 }