Text formatting issue

[xxarmoxx]

Here is an example of how my output looks like:

| 217543 | Essen-Kettwig | Other | Germany |
| 217567 | Neustadt | Rheinland-Pfalz | Germany |
| 217585 | Crottendorf | Sachsen | Germany |


as you can see they dont line up exactly. Whats an easy way for me to format these so they line up perfect? So they are more readable. Thanks

[ComputerJy]

use \t tabs

[eranga262154]

Between each two segments of letters/digits.

[xxarmoxx]

i tried this with no success:

while (st.hasMoreTokens()) { model.addElement("|" + st.nextToken() + "\t"  + "|" + st.nextToken() + "\t"  + "|"  + st.nextToken() + "\t"  + "|" }

did I do something wrong?

[System_Error]

Are you sending the text to the console or is this in a textarea?

[xxarmoxx]

im creating a model and then setting it to a jList, so I can see the items in a list box. I want them to look nice in the list box

[System_Error]

If you want it to look nice go for a JTable. It will align the items for you in a nice fashion.

[xxarmoxx]

wow, I didnt even notice that there. i'll change it around, thanx