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Align column of a output text file

Aritra

Is there any way to align the column of a output text file? 

For example, I want to store the instance name & location to a file. 

p=outfile("~/inst.txt")

foreach(a geGetEditCellView()~>instances

fprintf(p strcat("\n\t" a~>cellName "\t\t" artMakeString(a~>bBox)))

)

 close(p)

 

Now the cell name will varry in length, so the tab will also varry. As a result the bBox location will not be aligned to a column. Is there any way print cell name aligned to a column & bBox location to next column ?

 

I am using IC5.

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  • Hi there,

     

    The idea is to find the longest cellName (as string) and to use it in fprintf.

    The code bellow should work 

    ;; find the length of longest cellName
    max_strlen =0
    foreach(a geGetEditCellView()~>instances
        if( max_strlen < strlen(a~>cellName) then
            max_strlen = strlen(a~>cellName)
        )
    )


    p=outfile("~/inst.txt")
    foreach(a geGetEditCellView()~>instances

        fprintf(p strcat( sprintf(nil "\n\t%%-%ds" max_strlen) "\t%s") a~>cellName artMakeString(a~>bBox))

    )

    close(p)

    Best Regards,

    Marcel

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  • Hi there,

     

    The idea is to find the longest cellName (as string) and to use it in fprintf.

    The code bellow should work 

    ;; find the length of longest cellName
    max_strlen =0
    foreach(a geGetEditCellView()~>instances
        if( max_strlen < strlen(a~>cellName) then
            max_strlen = strlen(a~>cellName)
        )
    )


    p=outfile("~/inst.txt")
    foreach(a geGetEditCellView()~>instances

        fprintf(p strcat( sprintf(nil "\n\t%%-%ds" max_strlen) "\t%s") a~>cellName artMakeString(a~>bBox))

    )

    close(p)

    Best Regards,

    Marcel

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