trouble handling display into textedit control

[jarych]

I made-up this one myself.  This example partly does what I want and partly not do what I want.  Alignment is not good.  The commas are not doing what I want.  Maybe TAB()?  I did not see TAB() as part of text nor textedit controls.  I was hoping for at least, neat columnar display but not happening.

dim array$(20,3)


array$(1,1)="top col 1"
array$(1,2)="top col 2"
array$(1,3)="top col 3"

array$(2,1)="mid col 1"
array$(2,2)="mid col 2"
array$(2,3)="mid col 3"

array$(3,1)="bottom col 1"
array$(3,2)="bottom col 2"
array$(3,3)="bottom col 3"

'Form created with the help of Freeform 3 v07-31-2015
'Generated on Jul 01, 2022 at 00:00:04

[setup.main.Window]

   '-----Begin code for #main
   nomainwin
   WindowWidth = 550
   WindowHeight = 410
   UpperLeftX=int((DisplayWidth-WindowWidth)/2)
   UpperLeftY=int((DisplayHeight-WindowHeight)/2)
   '-----Begin GUI objects code
   TexteditorColor$ = "white"
   texteditor #main.textedit1,  20,  57, 465, 145

   '-----End GUI objects code

   '-----Begin menu code
   menu #main, "Edit"  ' <-- Texteditor menu.
   '-----End menu code
   open "textedit control" for window as #main
   print #main, "font ms_sans_serif 10"
   print #main, "trapclose [quit.main]"

for i1=1 to 3
for i2=1 to 3
   print #main.textedit1,array$(i1,i2);",";
next i2
print #main.textedit1,""
next i1

[main.inputLoop]   'wait here for input event
   wait


[quit.main] 'End the program
   close #main
   end


[tsh73]

only way I know is
1) switch to monospaced font, like Couruer_new (so all characters take same space in pixels)
2) add spaces so fields take same amount of characters

dim array$(20,3)


array$(1,1)="top col 1"
array$(1,2)="top col 2"
array$(1,3)="top col 3"

array$(2,1)="mid col 1"
array$(2,2)="mid col 2"
array$(2,3)="mid col 3"

array$(3,1)="bottom col 1"
array$(3,2)="bottom col 2"
array$(3,3)="bottom col 3"

'Form created with the help of Freeform 3 v07-31-2015
'Generated on Jul 01, 2022 at 00:00:04

[setup.main.Window]

   '-----Begin code for #main
   nomainwin
   WindowWidth = 550
   WindowHeight = 410
   UpperLeftX=int((DisplayWidth-WindowWidth)/2)
   UpperLeftY=int((DisplayHeight-WindowHeight)/2)
   '-----Begin GUI objects code
   TexteditorColor$ = "white"
   texteditor #main.textedit1,  20,  57, 465, 145

   '-----End GUI objects code

   '-----Begin menu code
   menu #main, "Edit"  ' <-- Texteditor menu.
   '-----End menu code
   open "textedit control" for window as #main
   'print #main, "font ms_sans_serif 10"
   print #main, "font courier 10"
   print #main, "trapclose [quit.main]"

for i1=1 to 3
for i2=1 to 3
   'print #main.textedit1,array$(i1,i2);",";
   print #main.textedit1, padr$(array$(i1,i2), 15);
next i2
print #main.textedit1,""
next i1

[main.inputLoop]   'wait here for input event
   wait


[quit.main] 'End the program
   close #main
   end

'---------------------------------------------
'adds spaces from the left until 'n' symbols
'if n<len(a$) returns left$(a$,n)
function padl$(a$,n)
   padl$ = left$(space$(n-len(a$))+a$,n)
end function

'adds spaces from the right until 'n' symbols
'if n<len(a$) returns left$(a$,n)
function padr$(a$,n)
   padr$ = left$(a$+space$(n-len(a$)),n)
end function


[jarych]

Thanks, tsh73.
I have trouble understanding exactly how the pad$() function works, but clearly you are making use of spaces. I may need to try to create something different. Not sure how yet. ( At one time a long time ago, I had some skills with string-handling. I lost most of that skill.)

[jarych]

This is somewhat of an improvement:


dim array$(20,3)


array$(1,1)="top col 1"
array$(1,2)="top col 2"
array$(1,3)="top col 3"

array$(2,1)="mid col 1"
array$(2,2)="mid col 2"
array$(2,3)="mid col 3"

array$(3,1)="bottom col 1"
array$(3,2)="bottom col 2"
array$(3,3)="bottom col 3"

'Form created with the help of Freeform 3 v07-31-2015
'Generated on Jul 01, 2022 at 00:00:04

[setup.main.Window]

   '-----Begin code for #main
   nomainwin
   WindowWidth = 550
   WindowHeight = 410
   UpperLeftX=int((DisplayWidth-WindowWidth)/2)
   UpperLeftY=int((DisplayHeight-WindowHeight)/2)
   '-----Begin GUI objects code
   TexteditorColor$ = "white"
   texteditor #main.textedit1,  20,  57, 465, 145

   '-----End GUI objects code

   '-----Begin menu code
   menu #main, "Edit"  ' <-- Texteditor menu.
   '-----End menu code
   open "textedit control" for window as #main
   print #main, "font ms_sans_serif 10"
   print #main, "trapclose [quit.main]"


rem singleray$  to hold entire array in one single variable
singleray$=""
for i1=1 to 3
for i2=1 to 3
let singleray$=singleray$+array$(i1,i2)+space$(5)
next i2
   singleray$=singleray$+chr$(13)
next i1
rem
rem what happens when print that to the control?
print #main.textedit1,singleray$

[main.inputLoop]   'wait here for input event
   wait


[quit.main] 'End the program
   close #main
   end


[tsh73]

You add fixed amount of space between items.
But to align columns, each item should be padded by spaces to same column width.

[jarych]

Jul 1, 2022 10:53:48 GMT tsh73 said:

You add fixed amount of space between items.
But to align columns, each item should be padded by spaces to same column width.

I will move along that idea soon.  I'll use the idea along with putting the array variables into a single string variable and will make length adjustments using SPACE$().