Multiplying string

[lecichy]

Well, in a line of a website i want to get to columns like;

something [itssize]
sth [itssize]
othersth [itssize]
etc.

note the visual attractiveness ;)
first column is made up of strings of different lengths but I'd like second
column to be in nice order ( each "[" under another and so on )
In HTMlL code this spaces between the end of the name and "[" need tto be
filled with "&nbsp". I know ho many spaces is needed but what to write in
PHP code to make it multiply those &nbsp to the required value ?

example which is wrong ofcourse but make you understand me:

echo ("something <? $spaces * &nbsp ?>[itssize]");


Anybody ?

[127.0.0.1]

Re: Multiplying string

lecichy wrote:
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> I know ho many spaces is needed but what to write in
> PHP code to make it multiply those &nbsp to the required value ?[/color]

Use tables...

<TABLE>
<TR><TD>AA</TD><TD>[Blah]</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>BBBB</TD><TD>[Blob]</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>CCCCC </TD><TD>[Black]</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

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[Ian P. Christian]

Re: Multiplying string

127.0.0.1 wrote:
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> lecichy wrote:
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>> I know ho many spaces is needed but what to write in
>> PHP code to make it multiply those &nbsp to the required value ?[/color]
>
> Use tables...[/color]

Or, if you want to use plain text outoupt, look into printf, it can do all
sorts of wonderful formatting goodness.

Don't forget to use <pre> tags if putting plain text into HTML though!

Have a good weekend,

Ian P. Christian

[Timo Henke]

Re: Multiplying string

Ian P. Christian wrote:
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> 127.0.0.1 wrote:
>
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>>lecichy wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>I know ho many spaces is needed but what to write in
>>>PHP code to make it multiply those &nbsp to the required value ?[/color]
>>
>>Use tables...[/color]
>
>
> Or, if you want to use plain text outoupt, look into printf, it can do all
> sorts of wonderful formatting goodness.
>
> Don't forget to use <pre> tags if putting plain text into HTML though![/color]

And even add <xmp> ... </xmp> if you output html code inside the plain text.

regards

timo

[Geoff Berrow]

Re: Multiplying string

I noticed that Message-ID: <bmq3g9$449$1@a tlantis.news.tp i.pl> from
lecichy contained the following:
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>example which is wrong ofcourse but make you understand me:
>
>echo ("something <? $spaces * &nbsp ?>[itssize]");[/color]

It's really not a good idea to line stuff up using spaces unless you are
using a fixed pitch font. The user may be looking at your site with a
completely different font.

However the way you would do it is to calculate the number of spaces
required and then :
$i=0
while($i<$num_s paces){
$spaces.="&nbsp ;";
$i++
}

But I'd use tables. It is, after all, tabular data.

that many times.

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[Timo Henke]

Re: Multiplying string

Geoff Berrow wrote:
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> I noticed that Message-ID: <bmq3g9$449$1@a tlantis.news.tp i.pl> from
> lecichy contained the following:
>
>[color=green]
>>example which is wrong ofcourse but make you understand me:
>>
>>echo ("something <? $spaces * &nbsp ?>[itssize]");[/color][/color]

You may wan to check out the manual for the command str_repeat()
to complete your task
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> However the way you would do it is to calculate the number of spaces
> required and then :
> $i=0
> while($i<$num_s paces){
> $spaces.="&nbsp ;";
> $i++
> }[/color]

doing such thing is not a very good idea as long as there is str_repeat().

kind regards

timo

[Geoff Berrow]

Re: Multiplying string

I noticed that Message-ID: <bmrau7$o7j$01$ 1@news.t-online.com> from Timo
Henke contained the following:
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>doing such thing is not a very good idea as long as there is str_repeat().[/color]

Oops, forgot about that one.

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