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Duncher
Duncher

Reputation: 27

Formatting a string properly

I have a string which I would like to format in the style of a table. Currently it outputs all the data but not in proper columns / rows. I would like it so that they line up and are not overlapping. Any help on what to do? Thanks

Code that returns values:

 public override string ToString()
        {
            return String.Format($"{DayValues}|{MonthValues}|{YearValues}|{TimeValues}|{TimestampValues}|{RegionValues}|{DepthValues}|{LatitudeValues}|{LongitudeValues}|{MagnitudeValues}|{IrisValues}");
        }

Example of output:

10|January |2014|07:20:46|1389338446|TURKEY|10.300|39.460|27.950|4.000|4371306
31|December |2013|15:06:14|1388502374|CRETE|26.500|34.390|25.310|4.200|4370886
29|December |2013|06:54:59|1388300099|NORTHWESTERN BALKAN REGION|10.000|43.100|17.190|4.700|4370801
28|December |2013|18:55:03|1388256903|CYPRUS REGION|46.900|35.670|31.350|4.500|4370887

Upvotes: 0

Views: 73

Answers (2)

Joel Coehoorn
Joel Coehoorn

Reputation: 415715

public override string ToString()
{
    return $"{DayValues,2}|{MonthValues,-10}|{YearValues}|{TimeValues,8}|{TimestampValues,10}|{RegionValues,-40}|{DepthValues,6:#0.000}|{LatitudeValues,6:#0.000}|{LongitudeValues,6:#0.000}|{MagnitudeValues,6:#0.000}|{IrisValues,7}";
}

Upvotes: 2

Gusman
Gusman

Reputation: 15151

For what you want you need to pad the data to a maximum size, something like this:

    public override string ToString()
    {
        return $"{DayValues.ToString().PadRight(2, ' ')}|{MonthValues.ToString().PadRight(10, ' ')}|{YearValues.ToString().PadRight(4, ' ')}|{TimeValues.ToString().PadRight(8, ' ')}|{TimestampValues.ToString().PadRight(10, ' ')}|{RegionValues.ToString().PadRight(40, ' ')}|{DepthValues.ToString().PadRight(6, ' ')}|{LatitudeValues.ToString().PadRight(6, ' ')}|{LongitudeValues.ToString().PadRight(6, ' ')}|{MagnitudeValues.ToString().PadRight(6, ' ')}|{IrisValues.ToString().PadRight(6, ' ')}";
    }

I've left-aligned all the data but you can change the alignment using PadLeft instead of PadRight. Also, you need to adjust the column size (the pad length) to the maximum expected size for each value.

Upvotes: 1

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