padding with spaces

[IchBin]

I am trying to pad a number with spaces to the left. I can pad it with
zeros as in this code:

printf("<option value='%d'>%04s %s</option>n",
$row->id,
$row->NumberOfQuotes,
arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
$row->Title, $row->suffix));

Trying to do the same with spaces. It is not padding all the spaces but
only one space. Right justification:

printf("<option value='%d'>%4s %s</option>n",
$row->id,
$row->NumberOfQuotes,
arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
$row->Title, $row->suffix));

Even with left justification:

printf("<option value='%d'>%-4s %s</option>n",
$row->id,
$row->NumberOfQuotes,
arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
$row->Title, $row->suffix));

Does Anyone have any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

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[Jerry Stuckle]

IchBin wrote:

I am trying to pad a number with spaces to the left. I can pad it with
zeros as in this code:

printf("<option value='%d'>%04s %s</option>n",
$row->id,
$row->NumberOfQuotes,
arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
$row->Title, $row->suffix));

Trying to do the same with spaces. It is not padding all the spaces but
only one space. Right justification:

printf("<option value='%d'>%4s %s</option>n",
$row->id,
$row->NumberOfQuotes,
arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
$row->Title, $row->suffix));

Even with left justification:

printf("<option value='%d'>%-4s %s</option>n",
$row->id,
$row->NumberOfQuotes,
arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
$row->Title, $row->suffix));

Does Anyone have any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

This is an HTML question, not a PHP question.

HTML compresses multiple blanks into a single one. To have a
non-breaking space you need to use &nbsp;

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[Jeff North]

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:51:44 -0500, in comp.lang.php IchBin
<we******@ptd.net>
<RN********************@ptd.netwrote:

>| I am trying to pad a number with spaces to the left. I can pad it with
| zeros as in this code:
|
| printf("<option value='%d'>%04s %s</option>n",
| $row->id,
| $row->NumberOfQuotes,
| arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
| $row->Title, $row->suffix));
|
| Trying to do the same with spaces. It is not padding all the spaces but
| only one space. Right justification:
|
| printf("<option value='%d'>%4s %s</option>n",
| $row->id,
| $row->NumberOfQuotes,
| arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
| $row->Title, $row->suffix));
|
| Even with left justification:
|
| printf("<option value='%d'>%-4s %s</option>n",
| $row->id,
| $row->NumberOfQuotes,
| arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
| $row->Title, $row->suffix));
|
| Does Anyone have any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

The web browser automatically removes multiple spaces.
You will need to use &nbsp; for the spaces to be displayed.
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[IchBin]

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

IchBin wrote:

>I am trying to pad a number with spaces to the left. I can pad it with
zeros as in this code:

printf("<option value='%d'>%04s %s</option>n",
$row->id,
$row->NumberOfQuotes,
arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
$row->Title, $row->suffix));

Trying to do the same with spaces. It is not padding all the spaces
but only one space. Right justification:

printf("<option value='%d'>%4s %s</option>n",
$row->id,
$row->NumberOfQuotes,
arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
$row->Title, $row->suffix));

Even with left justification:

printf("<option value='%d'>%-4s %s</option>n",
$row->id,
$row->NumberOfQuotes,
arrangeName($row->lastName, $row->firstName, $row->middleName,
$row->Title, $row->suffix));

Does Anyone have any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

This is an HTML question, not a PHP question.

HTML compresses multiple blanks into a single one. To have a
non-breaking space you need to use &nbsp;

Sorry, I did not think before I posted to this newsgroup..

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IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.phpnet.us
__________________________________________________ ____________________
'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
-William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-)