Right Justifying output

[alpha]

I need help with right justifying some text. What I want to do is output something like this:

One          Two              Three
1              $  4.99         $    3.98
2              $ 34.56         $  905.30

What problem I'm having is that the code is not right justifying like how I want it to in this program. The numbers are variable as they are calculated based on input from the user.

I tried flagging cout as such:

cout.setf(ios::adjustfield | ios::right);

and

cout.setf(ios::right);

to try and get this output. Either way didn't work. I believe it works without the $ sign, but not with. Is there a way to get the desired output?

Thanks.

Edit: It does work without the $ sign, but the needs to be there as it is part of the output that the assignment calls for. Thanks.

[Hammer]

Does this help:
http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284385

post again if you don't get it going

[alpha]

It's still not outputting right.

I have these lines:

cout.setf(ios_base::right, ios_base::basefield);
   cout.setf(ios_base::adjustfield);

and these lines:

 cout << "Company" << "     " << "Beginning Balance"
      << "     " << "Service Fees" << "     " << "New Balance";
   cout << endl;
   
   cout << setw(4) << "1" << setw(12) << "$ " << balanceCo1
      << setw(14) << "$ " << serviceFeesCo1 << setw(12) << "$ " << newBalanceCo1;
   cout << endl;
   
   cout << setw(4) << "2" << setw(12) << "$ " << balanceCo2
      << setw(14) << "$ " << serviceFeesCo2 << setw(12) << "$ " << newBalanceCo2;
   cout << endl;

or

cout << setw(4) << 1 << setw(12) << "$ ";
   cout << balanceCo1;
   cout << setw(14) << "$ ";
   cout << serviceFeesCo1;
   cout << setw(12) << "$ ";
   cout << newBalanceCo1;
   cout << endl;
   
   cout << setw(4) << 2 << setw(12) << "$ ";
   cout << balanceCo2;
   cout << setw(14) << "$ ";
   cout << serviceFeesCo2;
   cout << setw(12) << "$ ";
   cout << newBalanceCo2;
   cout << endl;

doesn't give me the desired output. Thanks.

[Hammer]

What's it coming out like that's wrong? An example of the output would be nice.

Try shorting your code down to the section that's giving you grief, and post a compilable example here. As it stands, I don't know what variable types we're dealing with etc.

[alpha]

I'll probably just forget the $ signs.

Thanks, I'll figure it out sometime else. I don't really have the time to fix the program. You could delete this thread now if you'd like.

[Hammer]

Well, even if you can't be bothered, I can. Is this what you want:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
  float balanceCo1 = 1.1, 
        serviceFeesCo1 = 12.2, 
        newBalanceCo1 = 113.3, 
        balanceCo2 = 224.4, 
        serviceFeesCo2 = 335.5,
        newBalanceCo2 = 446.6;

  cout.precision (2);
  cout.setf(ios_base::right, ios_base::basefield);
  cout.setf(ios_base::fixed, ios_base::floatfield);
  
  cout << setw(4) << 1 << setw(12) << "$ ";
  cout << setw(8) << balanceCo1;
  cout << setw(14)<< "$ ";
  cout << setw(8) << serviceFeesCo1;
  cout << setw(12)<< "$ ";
  cout << setw(8) << newBalanceCo1;
  cout << endl;

  cout << setw(4) << 2 << setw(12) << "$ ";
  cout << setw(8) << balanceCo2;
  cout << setw(14) << "$ ";
  cout << setw(8) << serviceFeesCo2;
  cout << setw(12) << "$ ";
  cout << setw(8) << newBalanceCo2;
  cout << endl;
}


/*

Output

  1          $     1.10            $    12.20          $   113.30
  2          $   224.40            $   335.50          $   446.60
  
  */