Re: printf -- no newlines, tabs
| From: | Randy Perry | Date: | Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:45:36 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: printf -- no newlines, tabs | ||
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on 6/22/00 1:14 PM, Zak Greant at zak@nucleus.com wrote:
> At 01:02 PM 6/22/00 -0400, Randy Perry wrote:
>> I can't seem to get printf to do newlines or tabs. Is there anything wrong
>> with the following code?
>>
>> while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
>> printf("%s\t%s\t%s\n\", $myrow["fname"], $myrow["lname"],
>> $myrow["email"]);
>
> Hi Randy,
>
> If your output is going into a page that is parsed as html by your browser,
> then any amount of whitespace (spaces, newlines, tabs, etc...) will be
> compressed down to a single space.
>
> Try putting your output between a pair of pre tags.
>
> hth
> Zak Greant
> Creative Director
> Nucleus Information Service Inc.
>
> "A camel is a horse designed by a committee."
> - Alex Issigonis (Designer of the Austin Mini)
>
>
Thanks.
Never heard of pre tags before...but they work.
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Randy Perry
rgp systems
Mac Consulting/Sales