Question

I have an application that lets the user enter a string. I then count the string and put the number of characters next to it. The problem comes when I want put it in columns such as:

This is a Sentence                      The Len is 18
This is Another Sentence                The Len is 24
A                                       The Len is 1

How would I calculate the setw() of the columns? str.size() and then something else I can’t get it exactly right it’s always wobbley.

Answer 1

First you need calc max word length, then you need to align output text with max length.
Something like

int align = maxWordSize - curWord.size();
for(int i = 0; i < align; i++)cout << " ";

Or did i misunderstood something?