Problems with "\t"

Hi all,
I have a question. I have a function in my class that I am building that goes like this:

Code:

void Ballot::Display()
  // In essence, this would be the display for one ballot
  // the format should be like the following:
  // 1)       Bush      Punched       Age: 23
{
  // since this is the display for one ballot card
  // we put the number list in the Tally::Display()
  switch(who)
    {
    case BUSH:      cout << "Bush\t"; break;
    case GORE:      cout << "Gore\t"; break;
    case BUCHANAN:  cout << "Buchanan\t"; break;
    case OTHER:     cout << "Other\t"; break;
    case MULTIPLE:  cout << "Multiple\t"; break;
    }
  switch(mark)
    {
    case PUNCHED:   cout << "Punched\t"; break;
    case HANGING:   cout << "Hanging\t"; break;
    case DIMPLED:   cout << "Dimpled\t"; break;
    case NONE:      cout << "None\t"; break;
    }
  cout << "Age: " << age;

}

To me, I should expect it to give an output of:

Code:

Bush         Punched        Age: 21
// depending on the user choices of course

Instead, its giving me:

Code:

Bush        Punched Age: 21

I know that we can use the <iomanip> header file for that but how? Thank you.

are you talking about setw() ?

setw() sets up a field around your output. Very useful for making tables or charts.
make sure you also use setiosflags(ios::left or ios::right)
ex:

Code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <iomanip.h>

int main()
{
	
	setiosflags(ios::left);
	cout<<"Name"<<setw(10)<<"Date"<<endl;
	return 0;
}

if you just want to fix your code...
I'm not sure exactly but try this:

Code:

void Ballot::Display()
  // In essence, this would be the display for one ballot
  // the format should be like the following:
  // 1)       Bush      Punched       Age: 23
{
  // since this is the display for one ballot card
  // we put the number list in the Tally:isplay()
  switch(who)
    {
    case BUSH:      cout << "Bush\t"; break;
    case GORE:      cout << "Gore\t"; break;
    case BUCHANAN:  cout << "Buchanan\t"; break;
    case OTHER:     cout << "Other\t"; break;
    case MULTIPLE:  cout << "Multiple\t"; break;
    }
  switch(mark)
    {
    case PUNCHED:   cout << "Punched\t"; break;
    case HANGING:   cout << "Hanging\t"; break;
    case DIMPLED:   cout << "Dimpled\t"; break;
    case NONE:      cout << "None\t"; break;
    }
  cout << "\tAge:\t" << age;

}