formatting output

[mrsirpoopsalot]

I am trying to line everything up. Problem is it counts how many characters the name is and setw how far past that name. So all the names are different lengths. I cant get everythnig to line up.. I have tried <<left and << right and << setw

what i need the putput to look like is this:

name                      location           acres rating
----                      --------           ----- ------
Cooper Mountain           Willamette Valley    100     47
Del Rio                   Bear Creek Valley    200     37
Duck Pond Cellars         Willamette Valley    845     70
Gallo                     Napa Valley          200     25
LongSword                 Applegate Valley      16     85
Lopez Island Vinyard      San Juan Islands       7     95
Weisinger's of Ashland    Bear Creek Valley      6     83

void list::displayByName(ostream& out) const
{

	winery *wineryPtr;

	wineryPtr->displayHeadings(out);

	node *curr  = headByName;

	while ( curr )
	{
     
		out  << curr->item.getName() << setw(25)
			<< curr->item.getLocation() << setw(15) 
			<< curr->item.getAcres() << setw(15)
			<< curr->item.getRating()
			<< endl;

		curr = curr->nextByName;
	}

}

problem is what i am getting is:

CS260 - Lab1 - Corey Mattis


+++ list by name

Name                 Location  Rating  Acre
-----                 ------------------
Cooper Mountain        Willamette Valley            100             47
Del Rio        Bear Creek Valley            200             37
Duck Pond Cellars        Willamette Valley            845             70
Gallo              Napa Valley            200             25
LongSword         Applegate Valley             16             85
Lopez Island Vinyard         San Juan Islands              7             95
Weisinger's of Ashland        Bear Creek Valley              6             83

I did have some success with getting the lengths of the name s and using that in setw
However, it didnt line up like i wanted.

string name = curr->item.getName();
size_t fieldWidth = name.size();
       
out  << curr->item.getName() << setw(-fieldWidth + 45)

[laserlight]

setw should work, but you will need to set it before printing each name, location, etc, if I remember correctly. Plus you'll need to determine the longest name, location, etc if they do not have a pre-defined maximum length.

[tabstop]

setw is one-time-use, as laserlight mentioned, so you'll need it before each print. Also you are not passing the number of spaces, but the actual field width itself to setw (I'm not sure what exactly 45-fieldWidth is supposed to represent, but I'm not confident in it)..

[mrsirpoopsalot]

Well, if i do this

void list::displayByName(ostream& out) const
{
	winery *wineryPtr;
	wineryPtr->displayHeadings(out);

	node* curr  = headByName;
	


	while ( curr )
	{
	   
       
		out << setw(20) << curr->item.getName() 
			<< curr->item.getLocation() << setw(15) 
			<< curr->item.getAcres() << setw(15)
			<< curr->item.getRating()
			<< endl;

		curr = curr->nextByName;
	}

my output is this..

CS260 - Lab1 - Corey Mattis


+++ list by name

Name                 Location  Rating  Acre
-----                 ------------------
     Cooper MountainWillamette Valley            100             47
             Del RioBear Creek Valley            200             37
   Duck Pond CellarsWillamette Valley            845             70
               GalloNapa Valley            200             25
           LongSwordApplegate Valley             16             85
Lopez Island VinyardSan Juan Islands              7             95
Weisinger's of AshlandBear Creek Valley              6             83

[tabstop]

Really? Did some weird copy paste thing happen, because the numbers should be lined up (except the last, because Weisinger's of Ashland doesn't fit in the field). But how is that different than what you expected?

[laserlight]

Try something like this:

out << left
    << setw(25) << curr->item.getName()     << ' '
    << setw(18) << curr->item.getLocation() << ' '
    << right
    << setw(5)  << curr->item.getAcres()    << ' '
    << setw(6)  << curr->item.getRating()   << '\n';

[mrsirpoopsalot]

laserlight, you are brilliant.. worked perfectly.. Thank you
I had tried using left on the same line as setw, but it didnt work like i wanted.