Frustated with mess table printing

hi, I'm newbie here, this is my first thread, and my first post, :)

NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS!

Firstly, I want to apologize if my english is not easy to understand (I'm Indonesian who study in US).
ok, I have a problem with printing the problem, i have search many thread but I got no any answer.

look at this code,

Code:

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void PrintOut (char First[], char Last[], int Birth, int Swimming, int Tennis,
              int Horse, int Craft, int Total )
{
  printf("%0s          %0s          %6d        %2d      %2d    %2d    %2d          %2d\n",
          First,      Last,      Birth,  Swimming,  Tennis,  Horse,  Craft,  Total);
}

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if I input the data like this,

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Enter the number of people attend: 3

Enter the first name: benedict
Enter the last name: tobias
Enter the birth date: 190990
Enter the swimming skill score: 10
Enter the tennis skill score: 9
Enter the horsemanship skill score: 9
Enter the crafts skill score: 0

Enter the first name: ben
Enter the last name: tob
Enter the birth date: 209900
Enter the swimming skill score: 1
Enter the tennis skill score: 1
Enter the horsemanship skill score: 1
Enter the crafts skill score: 1

Enter the first name: tobias
Enter the last name: ben
Enter the birth date: 102939
Enter the swimming skill score: 10
Enter the tennis skill score: 10
Enter the horsemanship skill score: 10
Enter the crafts skill score: 10

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the result after I input the data is printed like this

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First Name  Last Name  Birth  Swimming  Tennis  Horse  Craft  Total Score
benedict          tobias          190990        10      9      9      0          28
ben          tob          209900        1      1      1      1              4
tobias          ben          102939        10      10    10    10          40

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instead of,

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First Name  Last Name  Birth  Swimming  Tennis  Horse  Craft  Total Score
benedict    tobias      190990        10        9      9      0            28
ben          tob        209900        1        1      1      1            4
tobias      ben        102939        10      10      10      10            40

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my question is, how to print a neat table like i want? I have trouble about space, if I put only 3 character in "Last Name", all of the entire score will move..
This is the entire code:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int  PeopleAttend ();
int  Compute      (int a, int b, int c, int d); 
void GetInput    (char *First[], char *Last[], int *Birth);
void GetScore    (int *Swimming, int *Tennis, int *Horse, int *Craft);
void PrintOut    (char First[], char Last[], int Birth, int Swimming, int Tennis,
                  int Horse, int Craft, int Total );
void Heading      ();
void Ending      ();

int main()
{
  char FirstName [16][20];
  char LastName  [16][20];
  int  BirthDate [20];
  int  Swimming  [20];
  int  Tennis    [20];
  int  Horse    [20];
  int  Craft    [20];
  int  People;
  int  TotalScore[20];
  int  PeopleCounter;

  PeopleCounter = PeopleAttend();
 
  for (People = 0; People < PeopleCounter; People++)
      {
        GetInput(&FirstName[People], &LastName[People], &BirthDate[People]);

        GetScore(&Swimming[People], &Tennis[People], &Horse[People], &Craft[People]);

        TotalScore[People] = Compute(Swimming[People], Tennis[People], Horse[People],
                                      Craft[People]);
      }

  Heading();
  for (People = 0; People < PeopleCounter; People++)
      {   
        PrintOut (FirstName[People], LastName[People], BirthDate[People], Swimming[People],
                  Tennis[People], Horse[People], Craft[People], TotalScore[People]);
      }
  Ending();

}

int PeopleAttend()
{
  int x;

  printf("Enter the number of people attend: ");
  scanf (" %d", &x);

  return x;
}

int  Compute (int a, int b, int c, int d)
{
  int x;
 
  x = a + b + c + d;
 
  return x;
}

void GetInput (char *First[], char *Last[], int *Birth)
{
  printf("Enter the first name: ");
  scanf (" %s", First);

  printf("Enter the last name: ");
  scanf (" %s", Last);

  printf("Enter the birth date: ");
  scanf (" %d", Birth);
 
}

void GetScore (int *Swimming, int *Tennis, int *Horse, int *Craft)
{ 
  printf("Enter the swimming skill score: ");
  scanf (" %d", Swimming);

  printf("Enter the tennis skill score: ");
  scanf (" %d", Tennis);

  printf("Enter the horsemanship skill score: ");
  scanf (" %d", Horse);

  printf("Enter the crafts skill score: ");
  scanf (" %d", Craft);
}

void Heading ()
{
  printf("\t\t\t\tSUMMER REPORT CAMPERR\n\n");
  printf("First Name  Last Name  Birth  Swimming  Tennis  Horse  Craft  Total Score\n");
 
}

void PrintOut (char First[], char Last[], int Birth, int Swimming, int Tennis,
              int Horse, int Craft, int Total )
{
  printf("%0s          %0s          %6d        %2d      %2d    %2d    %2d          %2d\n",
          First,      Last,      Birth,  Swimming,  Tennis,  Horse,  Craft,  Total);
}

void Ending ()
{
  printf("---------------------------------------------------------------------------");
}

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Thank You. :)

anyone can help me?
Thanks

Try using tabs ( \t )instead of hard coding in spaces.


Quzah.

Tabs work well if the names are about the same length. If the ends of the name wind up in a different tab zone however, then tabs won't work for you.

You have complete control by using the printf() width of field specifier, which goes after the % sign. Set that to the longest name you have + 1. Then use the +- before it, to set your left or right justification, within that field. This goes right before the width of field specifier. (printf() has default setting for strings and numbers, but you may want to override those settings).

Say for instance, that you want other numbers to stay out of the "Swimming" column.

So set swimming score to print in a field that is 8 char's wide. Even though the swimming numbers may be only 2 digits in width, set the field for printing it, to 8 char's.

Code:

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Swimming      Tennis
=====================
xxxxxx23      xxx34

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The x's show the width of field being used to hold the swimming and tennis scores, in their own columns.

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Originally Posted by Adak

Tabs work well if the names are about the same length. If the ends of the name wind up in a different tab zone however, then tabs won't work for you.

You have complete control by using the printf() width of field specifier, which goes after the % sign. Set that to the longest name you have + 1. Then use the +- before it, to set your left or right justification, within that field. This goes right before the width of field specifier. (printf() has default setting for strings and numbers, but you may want to override those settings).

Say for instance, that you want other numbers to stay out of the "Swimming" column.

So set swimming score to print in a field that is 8 char's wide. Even though the swimming numbers may be only 2 digits in width, set the field for printing it, to 8 char's.

Code:

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Swimming      Tennis
=====================
xxxxxx23      xxx34

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The x's show the width of field being used to hold the swimming and tennis scores, in their own columns.

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so, the code for 8 space print like this?

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printf("%8d");

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or

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printf("%-8d");

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sorry, i'm C programmer kiddie..

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  char FirstName [16][20];
  char LastName  [16][20];

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Looks bass ackwards to me.
Everything else ther e is 20 of, but you have 16 strings of 20 characters here...

Of coruse, all of this:

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  char FirstName [16][20];
  char LastName  [16][20];
  int  BirthDate [20];
  int  Swimming  [20];
  int  Tennis    [20];
  int  Horse    [20];
  int  Craft    [20];
  int  TotalScore[20];

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should really be a structure, not several parallel arrays.

--
Mats

It should be

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printf("%8d");

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-ssharish