From: Ron Fox <fox@...>
Date: 2008-06-24T19:58:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Spacing data into columns

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If you're going to do a lot of this sort of thing.

Justin To wrote:
> Hi, I want to output a series of items, but I want to make sure they're
> properly spaced out so it's more readable.
> 
> Sample:
> 
> dfssdf     |  393f    |  dfskjsdfk
> dfjkdfkdfkj|  fd      |  3493
> df         |  1       |  etc....
> 
> Each row is a class and the data is a variable in the class. For
> example, row 1-variable 1 is 'dfssdf', row1-variable 2 is '393f', etc.
> 
> All of my row objects are stored in an array, and when I want to output
> them, I iterate through the array to access each object's data. How can
> I make sure that each object's data is output in accordance with every
> other data's data? (i.e. proper spacing)
> 
> THANKS!


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Ron Fox
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Michigan State University
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