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  • Miner Jeff
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    Reading a text file which is easy to read when printed

    I've written some code that reads a text file. I have a requirement
    that the text file also be in a format that's easy to read when it's
    printed. In a prior project, I had used some spreadsheet commands to
    generate the text data in a neat format by inserting variable numbers
    of spaces for each data item, based on the actual character count of
    the data item. Now, with this new project, I have many more columns of
    data and I've exceeded Excel's formula length.

    Any suggestions about how to meet both the requirements? I.E.,
    reading the data with the program and in hardcopy? I've played around
    with inserting blank columns in the spreadsheet before pasting the
    data into a text file but of course I get a tab for each blank cell
    and the data isn't lined up in columns. Right now, the program code,
    doesn't discard tab characters but I think there's a way to do that.

    Thanks,

    Miner Jeff
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    • Ian Collins
      #2
      Re: Reading a text file which is easy to read when printed

      Miner Jeff wrote:
      I've written some code that reads a text file. I have a requirement
      that the text file also be in a format that's easy to read when it's
      printed. In a prior project, I had used some spreadsheet commands to
      generate the text data in a neat format by inserting variable numbers
      of spaces for each data item, based on the actual character count of
      the data item. Now, with this new project, I have many more columns of
      data and I've exceeded Excel's formula length.
      >
      Any suggestions about how to meet both the requirements?
      Use OpenOffice?

      --
      Ian Collins

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        • Sam
          #3
          Re: Reading a text file which is easy to read when printed

          Miner Jeff writes:
          I've written some code that reads a text file. I have a requirement
          that the text file also be in a format that's easy to read when it's
          printed. In a prior project, I had used some spreadsheet commands to
          generate the text data in a neat format by inserting variable numbers
          of spaces for each data item, based on the actual character count of
          the data item. Now, with this new project, I have many more columns of
          data and I've exceeded Excel's formula length.
          >
          Any suggestions about how to meet both the requirements? I.E.,
          Well, when you come up with a question about the C++ programming language,
          you will actually meet the requirements for posting questions to this
          newsfroup.



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            • Miner Jeff
              #4
              Re: Reading a text file which is easy to read when printed

              On Nov 7, 4:41 pm, Sam <s...@email-scan.comwrote:
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              Miner Jeff writes:
              I've written some code that reads a text file. I have a requirement
              that the text file also be in a format that's easy to read when it's
              printed. In a prior project, I had used some spreadsheet commands to
              generate the text data in a neat format by inserting variable numbers
              of spaces for each data item, based on the actual character count of
              the data item. Now, with this new project, I have many more columns of
              data and I've exceeded Excel's formula length.
              >
              Any suggestions about how to meet both the requirements?  I.E.,
              >
              Well, when you come up with a question about the C++ programming language,
              you will actually meet the requirements for posting questions to this
              newsfroup.
              What's a newsfroup?

              I solved the problem after I made the post.

              Jeff

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                • Hendrik Schober
                  #5
                  Re: Reading a text file which is easy to read when printed

                  Miner Jeff wrote:
                  On Nov 7, 4:41 pm, Sam <s...@email-scan.comwrote:
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                  >Miner Jeff writes:
                  >>I've written some code that reads a text file. I have a requirement
                  >>that the text file also be in a format that's easy to read when it's
                  >>printed. In a prior project, I had used some spreadsheet commands to
                  >>generate the text data in a neat format by inserting variable numbers
                  >>of spaces for each data item, based on the actual character count of
                  >>the data item. Now, with this new project, I have many more columns of
                  >>data and I've exceeded Excel's formula length.
                  >>Any suggestions about how to meet both the requirements? I.E.,
                  >Well, when you come up with a question about the C++ programming language,
                  >you will actually meet the requirements for posting questions to this
                  >newsfroup.
                  >
                  What's a newsfroup?
                  A colloquial way to spell "newsgroup" . They often come with FAQs
                  where it's written down what's on topic in them and how to post
                  questions.
                  I solved the problem after I made the post.
                  Good!
                  Jeff
                  Schobi

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