Formatting problem

[caduardo21]

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    char date[] = "02/16/05";
    char quantity[] = "10";
    char description[] = "t-shirt";
    char price[] = "29.99";

    printf("Date\t\tQty\tDescription\t\t\tPrice\n");
    printf("----\t\t---\t-----------\t\t\t-----\n");
    printf("%s\t\t%s\t%s\t\t\t%s\n", date, quantity, description, price);

    return 0;
}

Here's my output:

Date            Qty     Description                     Price
----            ---     -----------                     -----
02/16/05                10      t-shirt                 29.99
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Why does it happen?

[Dave_Sinkula]

>Why does it happen?

Tabs are a different spacing than you expect. Try using width specifiers.

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    char date[] = "02/16/05";
    char quantity[] = "10";
    char description[] = "t-shirt";
    char price[] = "29.99";

    printf("%-10s %-3s %-20s %-5s\n", "Date", "Qty", "Description", "Price");
    printf("%-10s %-3s %-20s %-5s\n", "----", "---", "-----------", "-----");
    printf("%-10s %-3s %-20s %-5s\n", date, quantity, description, price);

    return 0;
}

/* my output
Date       Qty Description          Price
----       --- -----------          -----
02/16/05   10  t-shirt              29.99
*/

[Prelude]

>Why does it happen?
Tabs are foogly and best avoided for any advanced formatting.

[PING]

it is a problem with your spacing, nothing else

try this..

 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
int main()
{
    char date[] = "02/16/05";
    char quantity[] = "10";
    char description[] = "t-shirt";
    char price[] = "29.99";

    printf("Date    \t\tQty\tDescription\t\t\tPrice\n");
    printf("----    \t\t---\t-----------\t\t\t-----\n");
    printf("%s\t\t%s\t%s   \t\t\t%s\n", date, quantity, description, price);
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

i guess this should work..