how to align things

[r035198x]

it works a little but there's still some problem..appara ntly items with larger names arent jusitifed..subt raction sign is space

item---------------------------- quantity@price. ..
item------------------------------------------------------------quantity@price. ..

see the problem?

May you please post the code that produced the above output

[kenvin100]

i think u misunderstood wat im supposed to do...im supposed to align the prices to the right regardless the length of the item

[kenvin100]

no problem...i used string out instead..

String out = "";
int space = 0;
int spaces = 50 - item.length();

out = ""; //declare the variable space
for(int i = 0 ;i < 27; i++) {
out += " "; //
}

[r035198x]

i think u misunderstood wat im supposed to do...im supposed to align the prices to the right regardless the length of the item

That's what I thought you wanted to do

[kenvin100]

maybe i need an if statement

[r035198x]

no problem...i used string out instead..

String out = "";
int space = 0;
int spaces = 50 - item.length();

out = ""; //declare the variable space
for(int i = 0 ;i < 27; i++) {
out += " "; //
}

What is the 27 doing there. You are supposed to put spaces as in

for(int i = 0 ;i < spaces; i++)

[kenvin100]

wat does 50-item.length(); mean

[kenvin100]

k im almost there..its almost aligned
output:

apple 1@1.0
fresh baked bread1@1.0

i just need to solve this problem (dont ask why i put fresh baked bread..laughs)

[kenvin100]

Yes I Got It!! Thanks Man!!

[r035198x]

wat does 50-item.length(); mean

item1------------------------------------------20
myItem2--------------------------------------30
mylongerItem-------------------------------40

The area marked --------------------- is what we are trying to construct and store it as space(variable) ;
First we have to know how many dashs (spaces).
Suppose that where we have the 20, 30, 40 is exactly 50 spaces from the left of the screen. Then spaces = 50 - item1.length();

[kenvin100]

k...there's only one problem..let me show u..

item------ quantity@1.0
item-------quantity@2.06

the problem here is that if the price has two decimals, (eg 12.46), the alignment is off..how do i solve this

[kenvin100]

since there's supposed to be aligned at the right side so im trying adding spaces but it doesnt work

[r035198x]

since there's supposed to be aligned at the right side so im trying adding spaces but it doesnt work

Restrict the output to 2 decimal places only. 1.0 becomes 1.00

[kenvin100]

um all i kno how to do is to make numbers with two decimal places..im usin that in this code like if the person puts 1.0695, it outputs as 1.07

[kenvin100]

its just that if i put something like 12.46, its not aligned

apple 1@1.06
fresh baked bread 1@12.46


see the problem?