Thread: formatted printing with fprintf

How would I get my printer output with fprintf appear on separate lines under another instead of like this?

Code:

something
                something
                               and something

I have my code as

Code:

fprintf(stdprn,"something\nsomething\nand something");

Or is fprintf like cprintf() where it doesn't translate the new line escape sequence? So I would have to put a return carriage before it?

I'm using Borland C++ 4.5 under Windows 95.
thank you again.

The problem isn't so much as a problem with fprintf, but rather, how the text editor you're viewing it with interprets it. When it originated, the \n line was just a new line. Which would do what you want. The \r was used to return the cursor to the beginning of whatever line you were on. This is why the combination "\n\r" is used.

You'll likely have to pad the line with spaces. Not as simple as just using \n.

Quzah.

Ok, you want it to come out how?

Code:

abc
   def
      hij

So that, there are 3 spaces before 'd', and 6 before 'h', so they're all directly one line below eachother? Well then, \n should work:

abc\ndef\nhij

Yes, fprintf does translate them right. It's your printer or file viewer that isn't interpreting them correctly. fprintf just takes what you give it, and passes it off as it receives it.

If fprintf wasn't escaping the n character, you would get your whole string "abc\ndef\nhij" printed out all on the same line. It is passing it correctly, it's just your printer isn't working with the \n right.

As I said, \r returns to the beginning of the line. \n keeps the current position, but drops 1 line down. It's possible you're having problems with the printer's head advancing foreward incorrectly.

This is not a fprintf problem.

Quzah.