Help with Strings

[rwmarsh]

I am trying to create a program using formatted output to the screen, two columns 15 characters wide, with the output being strings. If the string is longer than 15 characters I want to truncate it to fit in the column. So far this is what I have:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string mystring1="This is a string";
    string mystring2="This is another string";
    string tempstring="";
    cout<<setiosflags(ios::left);
    cout<<setw(17)<<"String 1"<<"String2\n";
    cout<<tempstring.assign(mystring1, 0, 15)<<"  ";
    tempstring="";
    cout<<tempstring.assign(mystring2, 0, 15)<<"\n";
    return 0;
}

This works, but I was wondering if there was a way to do it without the use of tempstring. Maybe a string member function?

[laserlight]

What if you use:

cout << mystring1.substr(0, 15) << "  ";
cout << mystring2.substr(0, 15) << "\n";

[rwmarsh]

OK, That works great. Thanks!