Question

How to write a file in a specific position instead of giving space like " ".Here i am writing to a file,the output i am getting is like

TIMESTAMP              'ATRS_ACCT_TIMESTAMP',
OU_ID              'ATRS_ACCT_OU_ID',
COMPANY_CODE              'ATRS_ACCT_COMPANY_CODE',
BU_ID              'ATRS_ACCT_BU_ID',

but i need output like this

TIMESTAMP          'ATRS_ACCT_TIMESTAMP',
OU_ID              'ATRS_ACCT_OU_ID',
COMPANY_CODE       'ATRS_ACCT_COMPANY_CODE',
BU_ID              'ATRS_ACCT_BU_ID',

Here is my code

string[] ss = new string[tblSchema.Rows.Count];
for (int i = 0; i < tblSchema.Rows.Count; i++)
{
    ss[i] = (tblSchema.Rows[i]["ColumnName"].ToString());
    dest.WriteLine(ss[i].ToUpper() + "              " + 
                   "'" + textBox2.Text + ss[i].ToUpper() + "'" + ",");
}

Any suggestion?

Answer 1

Use String.Format() and specify the field length for your fields. Something like this:

var line = String.Format("{0,-20} '{1}{0}',", ss[i].ToUpper(), textBox2.Text);
// "{0,-20}" - Print the first item using a minimum of 20 characters left aligned
dest.WriteLine(line);