Question

I want to just hard code these values into a table. when I try to use 2D arrays, I run into the problem of dealing with characters and integers. When I do a struct I have this so far but it doesn’t divide the information up in columns, and I’m not sure how to format it that way. (I only did 3 rows to start off with, if I get them working, the rest will just be the same)

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

typedef struct table
{
    std::string game;
    int year;
    float rating;
    int num_voters;
}t;

void processTab(t*);
int main()
{
t tabl[2] = {0,0};
int i;
processTab(tabl);
for(i=0; i<2; i++)
{
         std::cout << "Game: " << setw(20) << tabl[i].game;
         std::cout << "\tYear: " << setw(4) << tabl[i].year;
         std::cout << "\tRating: " << fixed << setprecision(2) << tabl[i].rating;
         std::cout << "\tVoters: " << setw(6) << tabl[i].num_voters;
 }

system("pause");
return 0;
}
void processTab(t*tab)
{
 (tab[0].game, "twilight struggles");
 tab[0].year = 2005;
 tab[0].rating = 8.226;
 tab[0].num_voters = 10690;

 (tab[1].game, "Agricloa");
 tab[1].year = 2007;
 tab[1].rating = 8.17;
 tab[1].num_voters = 23738;

(tab[2].game, "Puerto Rico");
 tab[2].year = 2002;
 tab[2].rating = 8.163;
 tab[2].num_voters = 27433;

 }

Table Data:
Game (0)            Year (1)  Rating (2)  Num Voters (3)
Twilight Struggle   2005      8.226       10690
Agricola            2007      8.17        23738
Puerto Rico         2002      8.163       27433
Through the Ages    2006      8.153       8137
Power Grid          2004      8.02        21655
Le Havre            2008      7.972       9258
Eclipse             2011      7.968       3194
Brass               2007      7.911       5814
Dominion: Intrigue  2009      7.895       10889
Caylus              2005      7.878       13878

Answer 1

What I think you are looking for is <iomanip>

#include <iomanip>

std::cout << "Game: " << setw(20) << tabl[i].game;
std::cout << "\tYear: " << setw(4) << tabl[i].year;
std::cout << "\tRating: " << fixed << setprecision(3) << tabl[i].rating;
std::cout << "\tVoters: " << setw(6) << tabl[i].num_voters;
std::cout << std::end;

Notes:
setw adds padding when writing out stuff, so it will always be at least a certain width
setprecision specifies how many decimal places to display
fixed makes floating point never use scientific notation

Your game member is a letter, and you’re attemptying to assign it a string. Don’t use strcpy in C++, use the std::string class instead.

#include <string>
struct table
{
    std::string game;
    int year;
    double rating;
    int num_voters;
};

Avoid using namespace std;, when you get to complex code with many namespaces, those few letters are a small price to pay for avoiding confusion.
Avoid endl: it flushes buffers which is slow. If you just want a newline, use '\n'.
Also, you can use the new initialization syntax to initialize your list:

std::vector<table> tbal = { 
                 {"twilight struggles  ", 2005, 8.226, 10690},
                 {"Agricola            ", 2007, 8.17 , 23738},
                 {"Puerto Rico         ", 2002, 8.163, 27433}
               };