fixed width text file

[Iman Mohtashemi]

Hello, How do I write a fixed width text file (say 80 characters per line) using the streamwriter in C#? shekee

[Keith Barrow]

Seeing as you asked a general question, here is a general answer: Prepare the string for the current line. If it is too long, truncate and use the remainder for the next line. If it is too short, pad it with spaces. Repeat until you have written everything. To write to a file you'll need System.IO, there is a TextWriter class in there that you can use.

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[Iman Mohtashemi]

Sorry, What is the exact code to write a fixed width text file in C#? example: instead of this: IPLPPHPGHPGYINFSYEVLTPLKWYQSMMRHEYPSYGYEPMGGWLHHQIIPVLSQQHSPSHSLPPQHHIPI I want: IPLPPHPGHPG YINFSYEVLTP LKWYQSMMRHE YPSYGYEPMGG WLHHQIIPVLS QQHSPSHSLPP QHHIPI

[Keith Barrow]

I gave you a basic algorithm to do exactly what you want (and information about file IO) , I'm not going to write the code for you, that is your job / assignment. No-one is going to give you the code here, please read the FAQs and Sickies at the top of the forum.

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[Samuel Cherinet]

Try this code ...

FileStream fs = new FileStream("<Full Path FileName>", FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
string message = "<TextToWrite>";
int charcount = 0;
foreach(char ch in message)
{
sw.Write(ch);
charcount++;
if (charcount % 80 == 0)
sw.WriteLine();
}
sw.Close();

[Iman Mohtashemi]

Thanks! I'll try it