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Ashreeful Amni
Ashreeful Amni

Reputation: 57

Concatenation of variable length strings with proper spacing

So what I've done is manually insert space between the variables. Although it works, but if the variables is a bit long, it would move to the right. Here are the coding that I've done.

lstOutput.Items.Add("Items                                         Quantity                                         Prices")
lstOutput.Items.Add("Pizza Slices                                   " & quanPizza & "                                             " & FormatCurrency(pricePizza, 2))
lstOutput.Items.Add("Fries                                               " & quanFries & "                                             " & FormatCurrency(priceFries, 2))
lstOutput.Items.Add("Soft Drinks                                    " & quanSoftDrinks & "                                             " & FormatCurrency(priceSoftDrinks, 2))
lstOutput.Items.Add("")
lstOutput.Items.Add("Total                                                                                                " & FormatCurrency(totalPrice, 2))

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Here is when the variable is a bit long.

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How can i make it stay as if it is in a column?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 107

Answers (1)

Md. Suman Kabir
Md. Suman Kabir

Reputation: 5453

You can use Padding to format your strings as expected. Use this like below :

lstOutput.Items.Add("Items".PadRight(30) & "Quantity".PadRight(30) & "Prices".PadRight(30))
lstOutput.Items.Add("Pizza Slices".PadRight(30) & quanPizza.PadRight(30) & FormatCurrency(pricePizza, 2).ToString().PadRight(30))

Here is an Example for you.

Upvotes: 2

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