Tab function

[kerry]

OK, trying to get some things printed to the screen in aligned columns.  Sorry if this is elsewhere, but I could not figure out how to search for the right answer.  Here is my code and the resulting output.

This is code snipet:

print " Gender: "; tab(30), genderword$
print " Type of drink: "; tab(30), drink$
print " Number of drinks: "; tab(30), number
print " Hours you drink: "; tab(30), using ("##.##", hours)
print " Your body weight: "; tab(30), weight
print " Hours before driving: "; tab(30), using ("##.##",delay)



This is result when program is run:

Gender:             Male
Type of drink:       Regular Beer
Number of drinks:    3
Hours you drink:      1.00
Your body weight:    183

Hours before driving: 0.00



Just don't seem to be able to get Male, Regular Beer, 3, 1.00, 183, and 0.00 to be aligned

[tsh73]

Using monospaced font, like Courier or Lucida console, tends to help
You can set it in menu, Setup/Editor font

[ntech]

If you make the strings all the same width like

print " Gender:               "; genderword$
print " Type of drink:        "; drink$
print " Number of drinks:     "; string$(number)
print " Hours you drink:      "; using ("##.##", hours)
print " Your body weight:     "; string$(weight)
print " Hours before driving: "; using ("##.##",delay)

that's another way to align those.

[B+]

Consolas is another good one.