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af734@yfn.ysu.edu (Andy Klein) writes:

> 
>      I'm using Visual BASIC Standard Edition v2.0 and I've run into
> the following dilemma.  I'm trying to create an array of string by
> concatenating two other values together, but would like the two
> columns of data to each be left justified.  However, the font that
> I am using contains letters of different widths.  For instance,
> assume an array of strings called Names$() and an array of integers
> called Num%() contain the following made-up data:
>  
>      Names$(1) = "Samuel"          Num%(1) = 15
>      Names$(2) = "Richard"         Num%(2) = 3
>      Names$(3) = "Al"              Num%(3) = 221
>      Names$(4) = "James"           Num%(4) = 54
>      Names$(5) = "Bob"             Num%(5) = 11
>  
> I would then like to create a second string array called Results$()
> that contained the following:
>  
>      Results$(1) = "Samuel   15"
>      Results$(2) = "Richard  3"
>      Results$(3) = "Al       221"
>      Results$(4) = "James    54"
>      Results$(5) = "Bob      11"
>  
> My problem is that since the characters in MS-Windows aren't all
> the same pixel width, the column of numbers is not vertically lined
> up correctly when I print the results.  Is there a way to get the
> second column of numbers to be lined up?  Thanks,
> Andy Klein

Print them separately so that the second column can be positioned
independently of the first.
- or -
Use a fixed-width font (such as one of the Courier variations)
so that the columns line up automatically.

- don

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