Thread: Newbie Question...

I'm trying to write a program that displays output in columns, but I can't figure out how to set the width or anything like that with the cout command. I think there is a command like setwidth() or something, but I'm really not too sure. If anyone can understand what I'm asking and possibly help out, I'd REALLY appriciate it.

- Adian

I am pretty sure that what you are looking for is this:

cout.width(the_required_width_as_int);

this will help you format your output.

there are other useful functions such cout.precision() and cout.fill();

Thanks a lot, that's exactly what I was looking for.