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user2781666
user2781666

Reputation: 165

Console output formatting off

How would I get a code like this to keep everything formatted together?

Console.WriteLine("{0}\t{1}", name[j], score[j]);

When some of the names are longer and messes up the formatting so it outputs something like

Henrichson      100
Mike    80

Is there a way to make it so the scores are always in the same column?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 567

Answers (2)

Austin Brunkhorst
Austin Brunkhorst

Reputation: 21130

You can use String.PadRight() to make fixed column widths.

const int columnWidth = 15;

Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", name[j].PadRight(columnWidth), score[j]);

columnWidth represents the target number of characters you want in the string. If the input string is less than the target, it will append spaces (by default).

Alternatively, you can make use of the built in format specifier options by adding a negative integer representing columnWidth as an argument in the specifer.

Console.WriteLine("{0,-15} {1}", name[j], score[j]);

Upvotes: 2

Konrad Kokosa
Konrad Kokosa

Reputation: 16878

Use padding with proper max length, so rest will be filled with spaces:

Console.WriteLine("{0,-18}\t{1}", name[j], score[j]);

Upvotes: 1

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