Thread: Displaying a Well-Formatted Table

I have posted recently regarding this program but seeking additional assistance for a different matter. The program should display a formatted table of Flights and their information. I am able to format my first line of output, but I cannot format the subsequent lines of the flight like the first one.

Some of the formatting is getting screwy in my post but I think my questions are still clear.

So my two questions:
1) How to format the additional lines to line up with the original?
2) The Destination section does not seem to start at the same place on each row. Such as in my example, Destination Atlanta is a whitespace past Albuquerque. What methods are available to fix this?

Here's an example of my output:
Origin Destination Flight Price =================================================
From Chicago to: Albuquerque 380 $400


Atlanta 290 $175


Miami 2843 $500


Orlando 3940 $430


From Nashville to: Atlanta 339 $83


Denver 1203 $560


Las-Vegas 920 $59


Miami 89 $490


New-York-City 983 $260


Philadelphia 8831 $410


Tampa 665 $320


Tampa 428 $79



My code in "type.cpp":

Code:

ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const flightStruct rhs) //Overloaded operator for '<<'{                                                            //for struct output
                                                            //for origin
    os << left << setw(10) << rhs.destination                                    //for destination
       << '\t' << rhs.flightNum << '\t'                        //for flight number
       << "  $" << rhs.price << endl;                        //for flight price
    
    return os;
    
}

My code in "main.cc"

Code:

cout << "   " << "Origin" << '\t' << " Destination" << '\t' << "Flight" << "      " << "Price" << '\t' << endl         << "=================================================" << endl;
    
    map.displayFlightInfo();        //Display the flight information

Instead of the tab character use the setw() function, you'll have better control of where you place the data. Don't forget to include the proper include file for this class.

Jim

Thanks, that helped. The code looks cleaner now and was easier to format the output. However, the subsequent lines are still not formatting according to the first line. They tend to start underneath "From [city] to:". The line itself, such as the flight number and price are set according to the lines before, but in terms of where the subsequent city actually starts...it's not lining up. Any ideas?

Show your code. Do you understand that you can use the setw() manipulator with numbers as well? You may need to change the justification.

Jim

It might help if I specify I am attempting to output information stored in a struct, which is also stored in a pointer-based array.

I'll post the sections of code where I imagine the problems are occurring along with my output (hopefully the formatting does not get messed up in the post)

Here's the first portion of the output to get an idea:

Code:

   Origin     Destination    Flight      Price    
=================================================
From Chicago to: Albuquerque    380       $400


   Atlanta    290       $175


     Miami   2843       $500


   Orlando   3940       $430


From Nashville to:    Atlanta    339       $83


    Denver   1203       $560


 Las-Vegas    920       $59


     Miami     89       $490


New-York-City    983       $260


Philadelphia   8831       $410


     Tampa    665       $320


     Tampa    428       $79

In a file named type.cpp

Code:

ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const flightStruct rhs) //Overloaded operator for '<<'{                                                            //for struct output
                                                            //for origin
    os << fixed << setw(10) << rhs.destination                                    //for destination
       << setw(7) << rhs.flightNum << setw(10)                        //for flight number
       << setw(8) << "$" << rhs.price << endl;                        //for flight price
    
    return os;
    
}

In a file name flightMap.cpp:

Code:

void flightMap::displayFlightInfo() const                    //Displays the origin, destination, flight number, and price of each flight{
    
    for(int index = 0; index < size; index++)                //Set index to zero, check to see if it is less than the amount of cities read in, increment index
    {
        if(flights[index].length() > 0)                        //If the flight contains information
        {
            cout << "From " << cities[index] << " to: ";    //Output the flight
            flights[index].Display();
        }
            
    }
}

In the main.cc file:

Code:

cout << "   " << "Origin" << '\t' << " Destination" << '\t' << "Flight" << "      " << "Price" << '\t' << endl         << "=================================================" << endl;
    
    map.displayFlightInfo();        //Display the flight information