lining up data in console output java

Question

I have the following extract of code below;

The issue is that

(element.getChildNodes().item(0).getNodeValue())

has output of a differing number of characters

which then causes eventy to be moved out of line with other output from the other rows therefore giving a zig zag appearance of data instead of data in columns, i have tried experimenting with tabs and spaces. But would appreciate some help please.

String eventy = null;

for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Element element = (Element)list.item(i);
    String nodeName = element.getNodeName();

    switch (nodeName) {
        case "assd":
            System.out.println((element.getChildNodes().item(0).getNodeValue()) + "\t  " eventy);
            break;
        case "eventy":
            eventy = element.getChildNodes().item(0).getNodeValue();
            break;
    }
}

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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If you can assume maximum length of strings from "assd" child node, you could use System.out.printf. For example:

System.out.printf("%-20s   %s%n", element.getChildNodes().item(0).getNodeValue(), eventy)

would print a value of "assd" child node to first column with width 20 then value of variable eventy and then new line separator.

See Format String Syntax

edited Jun 20, 2020 at 9:12

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3 Comments

Ingram Over a year ago

This works perfectly i dont understand why instead of + eventy it now changes to ,eventy?

Ingram Over a year ago

similarly if i had another variable called eventyo how would i add that to the output?

Ingram Over a year ago

worked it out excellent System.out.printf("%-30s %-30s %s%n", element.getChildNodes().item(0).getNodeValue(), eventy,eventyo);

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