Thread: Depending on length of name, output changes?

I cannot keep the << firstName << and << lastName << from moving "Grade Points" in the output. I am instructed to keep these in the same line but If I do it varies depending on the name.

Code:

// Output Area of Program
		cout << endl;
		cout << endl;
		cout << "                  Class Heading" << endl;
		cout << "              Date of Report:04/25/2005" << endl;
		cout << endl;
		cout << endl;
		cout << "Student: "<< lastName <<", "<< firstName  <<      "Grade  Points " << endl;
		cout << endl;
		cout << endl;
		cout << "         Exam 1 grade, points:" <<"               "<<exam1<<" "<< endl;
		cout << "         Exam 2 grade, points:" <<"               "<<exam2<<" "<< endl;
		cout << "         Exam 3 grade, points:" <<"               "<<exam3<<" "<< endl;
		cout << "     Final Exam grade, points:" <<"               "<<finalExam<<" "<<endl;
		cout << "          Lab 1 grade, points:" <<"               "<<lab1<<" "<<endl;
		cout << "          Lab 2 grade, points:" <<"               "<<lab2<<" "<<endl;
		cout << "          Lab 3 grade, points:" <<"               "<<lab3<<" "<<endl;
		cout << "          Lab 4 grade, points:" <<"               "<<lab4<<" "<<endl;
		cout << endl;
		cout << "Total Daily Points = " << dayPnts << endl;
		cout << endl;
		cout << "Semester Points    = " << semPoints << endl;
		cout << endl;

OUTPUT
/*

                  Class Heading
              Date of Report:04/25/2005


Student: xxxxx, xxxxxxxxGrade  Points


         Exam 1 grade, points:               90
         Exam 2 grade, points:               90
         Exam 3 grade, points:               90
     Final Exam grade, points:               90
          Lab 1 grade, points:               90
          Lab 2 grade, points:               90
          Lab 3 grade, points:               90
          Lab 4 grade, points:               90

Total Daily Points = 15

Semester Points    = 91.5

xxxxxxxx xxxxx is an outstanding student.
*/

/*


                  Class Heading
              Date of Report:04/25/2005


Student: xx, xxGrade  Points


         Exam 1 grade, points:               90
         Exam 2 grade, points:               90
         Exam 3 grade, points:               90
     Final Exam grade, points:               90
          Lab 1 grade, points:               90
          Lab 2 grade, points:               90
          Lab 3 grade, points:               90
          Lab 4 grade, points:               90

Total Daily Points = 90

Semester Points    = 166.5

xx xx is an outstanding student.

Enter NONE to end Loop!
Enter last name: NONE
Press any key to continue
*/[/COLOR]

I don't think there really is any kind of standard way of keeping "Grade Points" in one location, regardless of how long the string before it is. Instead, why don't you just enter a new line with "Grade Points" only on it? Also, it might help you to know the escape character for entering a tab, '\t'.

hk_mp5pdw, I tried what you ask and even substituted my line for yours and even included the directive #include <iomanip> but after I compiled it said undelared identifier, What did I do wrong?

Krak, I want to put it on another line but unfortunately my Instructor insists that it must stay where it belongs. My instructor said that I have to move the insertion or move the " " to get the desired result the he or she asked for. I'm not familiar with '\t' is there a tutorial here that explains this in detail?

...

<< set(20) << lastName << ", " << setw(20)

....

There was a typo error after I fixed it in my program it ran ok but I am still having problems with the names moving the "grade" and "points" heading . Even though I change the numeric value the same problem occurs.

swoopy, I used the "left justified flag and It work great! Is there any more Info or tutorials on this? Just want to know because I'm that kind of guy. Thanks a million