formatting output *resolved*

[DarkMoose]

how do you get text to be printed in a specific column, like 20 spaces from the left? THat is, without just printing blank space like this " ", though, because I might have text before it that would affect the aligned text~!

some text           aligned at 20
                    more aligned at 20
',cr.pgp.l,eo       and again
random stuff        but this is still aligned at 20!

thanks in advance

[parksie]

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

// ...

std::cout << std::setwidth(20) << "something" << "This is aligned" << std::endl;

That should work

[The Hobo]

Actually, it's setw(), not setwidth()

[The Hobo]

and that also won't entirely work:

This is what I did:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main() {

	string str1 = "fish";
	cout << str1 << setw(40 - str1.length()) << "this is at 40" << endl;

	str1 = "fungus";
	cout << str1 << setw(40 - str1.length()) << "this is at 40" << endl;


	return 0;
}

[The Hobo]

if you need an explaination or anything, let me know. It's pretty much self-explainitory.