> Hi guys,
> i want to write some data in tabular format in text file. i've data in
> strings and i want to write like this in file
>
> col1     col2     col3
>
> d1       d1        d1
> d2       d2        d2
> d3       d3        d3
>
> the problem is, i dont know how can i maintain spaces between the
> columns as i dont know which column will have what length of text.
>
> in c++, i think u can do by adding padding to make sure the alignment
> remains correctly but i dont know how can i do that in c#.
>
> i would appriciate your help,
>
> thanks
> Lucky

> Hi lucky,
>
> Unfortunately, I think you should:
>
> A. Try to find out what the maximum length is of a single cell in all
> columns, and add enough whitespace to the other cells while writing to
> the text file.
>
> or
>
> B. Start with a single whitespace, and each time you encounter a cell
> that would require a previous cell in the column to have more
> whitespace, to go back and review all cells in the column (and give
> them more whitespaces).
>
> Of course, option B is far more expensive, so you should really try to
> know beforehand. I guess this is just a limitation of the constraints
> you pose (use txt file and use whitespace).
>
> Btw it feels like txt is perhaps not your best option here? Can't you
> save in html and use tables or use a comma-delimited file?
>
> Anyway, hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Jeroen
>
>
> lucky schreef:
>
> > Hi guys,
> > i want to write some data in tabular format in text file. i've data in
> > strings and i want to write like this in file
> >
> > col1     col2     col3
> >
> > d1       d1        d1
> > d2       d2        d2
> > d3       d3        d3
> >
> > the problem is, i dont know how can i maintain spaces between the
> > columns as i dont know which column will have what length of text.
> >
> > in c++, i think u can do by adding padding to make sure the alignment
> > remains correctly but i dont know how can i do that in c#.
> >
> > i would appriciate your help,
> >
> > thanks
> > Lucky

> hey pal,
> thanks for replay. i'm thinking about the first option from the
> begining but i wanted to take a chance to ask you people if someone
> knows some other way of doing.
>
> the reason why i can't use html or csv file is, i'm write data into the
> log file and this file has different kind of data. The data that i need
> to write is just a small part of it. that is why i didnt want to write
> a long code to find the lenght of data and then format ir. but it
> seems. i dont have another way..
>
> thanks anyways,
> Lucky
>
> Jeroen wrote:
>
>>Hi lucky,
>>
>>Unfortunately, I think you should:
>>
>>A. Try to find out what the maximum length is of a single cell in all
>>columns, and add enough whitespace to the other cells while writing to
>>the text file.
>>
>>or
>>
>>B. Start with a single whitespace, and each time you encounter a cell
>>that would require a previous cell in the column to have more
>>whitespace, to go back and review all cells in the column (and give
>>them more whitespaces).
>>
>>Of course, option B is far more expensive, so you should really try to
>>know beforehand. I guess this is just a limitation of the constraints
>>you pose (use txt file and use whitespace).
>>
>>Btw it feels like txt is perhaps not your best option here? Can't you
>>save in html and use tables or use a comma-delimited file?
>>
>>Anyway, hope this helps.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Jeroen
>>
>>
>>lucky schreef:
>>
>>
>>>Hi guys,
>>>i want to write some data in tabular format in text file. i've data in
>>>strings and i want to write like this in file
>>>
>>>col1     col2     col3
>>>
>>>d1       d1        d1
>>>d2       d2        d2
>>>d3       d3        d3
>>>
>>>the problem is, i dont know how can i maintain spaces between the
>>>columns as i dont know which column will have what length of text.
>>>
>>>in c++, i think u can do by adding padding to make sure the alignment
>>>remains correctly but i dont know how can i do that in c#.
>>>
>>>i would appriciate your help,
>>>
>>>thanks
>>>Lucky
>
>