Java Trying to align text in collumns

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Trying to align text in collumns - matt - Feb 7, 2017

I'm trying to format the text in collums using java.util.Formatter and Ive set the padding using the following

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String.format("%s %45s %50s", name, amount, dropRate);

and here's the result, I can't get it to quite align properly though can somebody help me?

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* - g4143 - Feb 7, 2017

I'm not familiar with Java's format but...

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String.format("%s %45s %50s", name, amount, dropRate);

Shouldn't that be something like...

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String.format("Item: %-20s Amount: %-45s Drop rate: %-50s", name, amount, dropRate);

* - matt - Feb 7, 2017

(Feb 7, 2017 04:53 AM)g4143 Wrote: I'm not familiar with Java's format but...

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String.format("%s %45s %50s", name, amount, dropRate);
Shouldn't that be something like...

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String.format("Item: %-20s Amount: %-45s Drop rate: %-50s", name, amount, dropRate);

Yes, I've just put the variable names in each individual string along with the value.

Here's the full toString method

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public String toString() {

        String name = "@cya@Item: @or2@" + ItemDefinition.getItem(itemId).getName();

        String tempAmount = amount;

        if(tempAmount.toLowerCase().startsWith("random")) {

            String[] data = tempAmount.substring(7).split(":");

            tempAmount = String.format("%s - %s", data[0], data[1]);

        }

        String amount = "@cya@Amount: @or2@" + tempAmount;

        String dropRate = "@cya@Drop rate: @or2@" + numerator + "/" + denominator;

        return String.format("%s %45s %50s", name, amount, dropRate);

    }

* - _thenotsofriendlyghost - Feb 8, 2017

(Feb 7, 2017 10:39 AM)Midnight Blue™ Wrote: Yes, I've just put the variable names in each individual string along with the value.

Here's the full toString method

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public String toString() { String name = "@cya@Item: @or2@" + ItemDefinition.getItem(itemId).getName(); String tempAmount = amount; if(tempAmount.toLowerCase().startsWith("random")) { String[] data = tempAmount.substring(7).split(":"); tempAmount = String.format("%s - %s", data[0], data[1]); } String amount = "@cya@Amount: @or2@" + tempAmount; String dropRate = "@cya@Drop rate: @or2@" + numerator + "/" + denominator; return String.format("%s %45s %50s", name, amount, dropRate); }

Isn't there an escape character in java "\t" I believe that tabs things over, couldn't you just tab everything according to it's column?

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String example = "\tFirst Column \tSecond Column \tThird Column";

* - clrlslwi - Feb 8, 2017

RS has custom text rendering, tab characters aren't going to work. You're going to want to make 3 labels for each line, and align the x coordinate.

* - matt - Feb 11, 2017

(Feb 8, 2017 02:20 PM)Demmonic Wrote: RS has custom text rendering, tab characters aren't going to work. You're going to want to make 3 labels for each line, and align the x coordinate.

This clears some stuff up, thanks man! :)