double alignment using string.format

Question

I was trying to align doubles using string.format and display them on a tooltip.

I used: string.Format("{0,15:N2}", number);

but the results come out as:

   1234.56
    00.00

It seems some of the numbers are narrower than the space. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Thanks!

Lee · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-02 22:57:33Z

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Use a fixed-width font such as Courier New or Consolas if you want all the individual digits to line up.

answered Dec 2, 2009 at 22:57

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Konrad Rudolph Over a year ago

No – numbers line up just fine in most fonts because they’re all the same width (new style figures). The problem is getting the decimal points below each other which isn’t possible using only string formatting.

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