Help with setw()

[Veri7as]

so i need to set a width to output a word but i want the word to be cut off after a certain point...setw() doesn't cut the word of but only makes the space larger if the word is smaller

but how do i cut the word of say at 5 characters?

hopefully that makes sence

[Veri7as]

here's my problem...

cout << setw(13) << artists[x] << setw(13) << titles[x]

i want to cut off the output of artists[x] to only 13 letters even if it is longer...

so the output would look like this

The Beatl Yellow Subm


what command do i need to do this?

thanks!

[anon]

If it is a std::string, I think you also need the substr method to make the cut.

cout << setw(13) << artists[x].substr(0, 13) << setw(13) << titles[x].substr(0, 13);