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Harry
Harry

Reputation: 313

Formatting Cout Output in C++

This is the expected output:

COUNT | WORD 
------+------
   1  | .3
   1  | .3.4
   1  | 3
   2  | 12.34
   1  | test1.12.34
   3  | this

This is my proper code:

std::cout << "COUNT | WORD" << '\n';
std::cout << "------+------" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "1" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  std::setw(3) << ".3" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "1" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  std::setw(3) << ".3.4" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "1" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  std::setw(3) << "3" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "2" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  std::setw(3) << "12.34" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "1" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  std::setw(3) << "test1.12.34" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "3" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  std::setw(3) << "this" << '\n';

Unfortunately, my ouput's messy the WORD

COUNT | WORD
------+------
   1  | .3
   1  |.3.4
   1  |  3
   2  |12.34
   1  |test1.12.34
   2  |this

Could anyone suggest me a solution for that. Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2273

Answers (3)

A B
A B

Reputation: 4148

Doing this will set the left hand side filler character.

cout.fill('-');
cout.width(40);
cout<< "LINE1" <<endl;

cout.fill('-');
cout.width(40);
cout<< 3 <<endl;

cout.fill('-');
cout.width(40);
cout<< 3.4 <<endl;

cout.fill('-');
cout.width(40);
cout<< "TEST " << 12.34 <<endl;

Upvotes: 0

Pheonix
Pheonix

Reputation: 6052

Why not this ::

std::cout << "COUNT | WORD" << '\n';
std::cout << "------+------" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "1" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  ' ' << ".3" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "1" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  ' ' << ".3.4" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "1" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  ' ' << "3" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "2" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  ' ' << "12.34" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "1" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  ' ' << "test1.12.34" << '\n';
std::cout << std::setw(4) << "3" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  ' ' << "this" << '\n';

Upvotes: 2

matthewr
matthewr

Reputation: 4739

Instead of having

std::cout << std::setw(4) << "1" << std::setw(3) << '|' <<  std::setw(3) << ".3" << '\n';

For each line, add a space after the '|' character:

std::cout << std::setw(4) << "1" << std::setw(3) << "| " <<  std::setw(3) << ".3" << '\n';

Upvotes: 2

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