alignment of output

i am just curious if there is a way to set a "right justification" of data instead of using "setw" as i have in this example....

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cout<<"Total number of probes in Unordered Array: "<<setw (25)<<total_probes<<endl;
cout<<"Total number of probes in Ordered Array:  "<<setw (26)<<total_probes2<<endl;
cout<<"Total number of probes in {binary search} of Ordered Array: "<<setw (8)<<total_probes3<<endl;
cout<<"Total number of probes for all arrays were:"<<setw (25)<<total_probes + total_probes2 + total_probes3<<endl;

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I don't know of any standard way. It wouldn't be too hard to write an output function that does it yourself. The standard console window is usually 80 characters in width. Just count the characters, subtract from 80, and add the appropriate spaces.

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Originally Posted by bcianfrocca

i am just curious if there is a way to set a "right justification" of data instead of using "setw" as i have in this example....

Code:

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cout<<"Total number of probes in Unordered Array: "<<setw (25)<<total_probes<<endl;
cout<<"Total number of probes in Ordered Array:  "<<setw (26)<<total_probes2<<endl;
cout<<"Total number of probes in {binary search} of Ordered Array: "<<setw (8)<<total_probes3<<endl;
cout<<"Total number of probes for all arrays were:"<<setw (25)<<total_probes + total_probes2 + total_probes3<<endl;

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Personally, I find printf() to be far superior and much more logical to use for formatted I/O. Numbers are automatically right-justified, strings are left.

Tis a shame we are on the C++ board here. ;) Thanx for your input though. :p ;)