How to properly align strings in C# using String.Format()?

Question

guys, sorry to flood this website with such a boring question, but even after reading the documentation about C# and looking at their examples, I just can't seem to find an explanation for this.

Namely, I have a code like this:

 String s = "Hello"; String n = "World"; String s1 = "LALALALALALALA"; String n1 = "heyy"; String s2 = "sffsdfsfdsfsd"; String n2 = "dsfsdfdsfdsfsdsd"; String z = String.Format("{0,-20}{1,-10}", s, n); String z1 = String.Format("{0,-20}{1,-10}", s1, n1); String z2 = String.Format("{0,-20}{1,-10}", s2, n2);

(This code is simply meant to be a test)

Now, when I use:

 Console.WriteLine(z); Console.WriteLine(z1); Console.WriteLine(z2);

to write the output to the console, it works as I expected it to; 20 spaces are allocated to the string argument {0}, and the next spaces are allocated to the string argument {1}. However, when I run the exact same code in a form (as a MessageBox output, and even a TextBox text I get scrambled results. Argument {0} is okay, but then argument {1} starts at a seemingly random distance from the ending of {0}.

Is there a reason why this is happening? How can I fix it?

Thanks for any answers!

Dijkgraaf · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-10 21:25:45Z

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It depends on the font. Some fonts do not have the same width for all letters. If you try Consolas it will work fine.

edited May 10, 2015 at 21:25

Dijkgraaf

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answered May 10, 2015 at 18:41

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