Output formatting

[genjiguy]

Is there any way that I can format my output so that instead of outputting "1" it will output "0001"?

[hk_mp5kpdw]

#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int value = 1;

    // Should be "1"
    cout << value << endl;

    // Should be "0001"
    cout << setfill('0') << setw(4) << value << endl;

    // Alternate way to do above... don't need to use the iomanip header
    cout.fill('0');
    cout.width(4);
    cout << value << endl;

    return 0;
}

[genjiguy]

this is the line of code that I have put it into:

cout << setfill('0') << setw(4) << "\nID# for customer " << file[n].custname << " is " << file[n].custID << endl << endl;

still doesn't seem to be working out...

[pianorain]

Rearrange it a little.

cout << "\nID# for customer " << file[n].custname << " is " << setfill('0') << setw(4) << file[n].custID << endl << endl;

[hk_mp5kpdw]

Try:

cout << "\nID# for customer " << file[n].custname << " is " 
     << setfill('0') << setw(4) << file[n].custID << endl << endl;

The effect of the setw and setfill command disappear after the custname gets output so everything returns to "normal" (formatting-wise) by the time you output the custID. You should put the calls to them just before you output the value you need to have formatted like I have done above.

[genjiguy]

I changed the line around to look like this now:

cout << "\nID# for customer " <<  setfill('0') << setw(4) << file[n].custname << " is " << file[n].custID << endl << endl;

now it works like a charm, thnx for the help

[genjiguy]

whoops, wrong order there, that was an old iteration of it, I did get it to work though by just altering the order slightly, thnx again