4.9 Formatting output

We show how to insert the result of a computation inside a text by using strings. First we compute the powers of 2 and comment the result with some text. Then we do the same and give the output a nice format by computing and adding appropriate space.

// The powers of 2:
int  n;
for (n = 2; n <= 128; n = n * 2)
{"n = " + string (n);}
==> n = 2
==> n = 4
==> n = 8
==> n = 16
==> n = 32
==> n = 64
==> n = 128
// The powers of 2 in a nice format
int j;
string space = "";
for (n = 2; n <= 128; n = n * 2)
{
  space = "";
  for (j = 1; j <= 5 - size (string (n)); j = j+1)
  { space = space + " "; }
  "n =" + space + string (n);
}
==> n =    2
==> n =    4
==> n =    8
==> n =   16
==> n =   32
==> n =   64
==> n =  128