Re: Having trouble formatting width using printf() and default spaces

dscott@aeternil.homeip.net (David Scott) wrote in news:20040331061807.52896.qmail@pb1.pair.com: > I tried your method and it's a nice variation, though it leaves me with > two issues: > > 1. I'd like the numbers to be right-aligned. > 2. I'd still like to understand why the default padding of spaces isn't > working for printf(). If I could get printf() to pad with spaces, it > would be exactly what I'm after. > > Jason Barnett wrote: >> David Scott wrote: >> >>> I'm using a for() loop to generate random die rolls. I'd like the >>> numbers to be formatted in a grid. >> >> >> In a grid... like an HTML table? You could something like: >> $row = 20; >> $col = 5; >> echo '<table>'; >> for ($i = 1; $i < $row; $i++) { >> echo '<tr>'; >> for ($j = 1; $j < $col; $j++) { >> echo '<td>'.rand(1, $sides).'</td>'; } >> echo '</tr>'; >> } >> echo '</table>'; >> >>> >>> for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) { >>> if (!($i % 5)) { >>> print("<br />"); } >>> printf("%'.10u", rand(1,$sides)); } >>> >>> Currently, I'm padding with '.', but I'd like to pad with the >>> default >>> spaces. >>> >>> For example, printf("%10u", rand(1,$sides)); Except the numbers end up >>> like, >>> >>> 7 10 14 19 3 >>> 4 6 16 13 2 >>> etc. >>> >>> Why is it that when I leave out the padding character, the output >>> isn't padded? > Don't forget if you are looking at the output in a browser, the browser will ignore extraneous white space unless you either surround the text with <PRE> tags or use &nbsp; instead of a 'standard' spcae character.