QString and .arg()

[jesse_mark]

I want to format a string by adding spaces using .arg, I used

QString(%1 %2 %3).arg(name,20).arg(" = ").arg(value);


the result i expect:

"Student Name = Jemes"

but I got the next , it left spaces before the name not after:

" Student Name = Jemes"

how i can make is start from the beginning and leave all the space after not before.


Thank you

[tescrin]

It *also* left that after from what I can tell. This just means you have a space at the beginning of your "name" string. I can't imagine that's not the case.

By that I mean you defined name as QString(" Student Name"); or something. I think you probably just didn't notice

[jesse_mark]

i think what you mean that its me who have the space in my paramter as " Student Name" ... No, im so sure that i do not have any spaces in the parameters.

if this the case even if i use QString(%1 %2 %3).arg(name).arg(" = ").arg(value); Not QString(%1 %2 %3).arg(name,20).arg(" = ").arg(value); with out the "20" as a width
the result will be the same , but this is not the case. if i don't put any width the result will be

"Studen Name = Jeems"

* mean a space
the editor remove all the spaces

Student Name********= Jemms <=== this is what i want

********Student Name = Jemms <=== this is what i got.

and I assure that i don't have any spaces in the parameters that holds the "names".

[tescrin]

I can't imagine it's ".arg" doing it. Go ahead and attach or paste your code( though I probably won't see it until tomorrow)

[jesse_mark]

here is an example of the code .. you can try it your self and see the result

QString str1,str2,str3;
    str1="Student Name";
    str2= "James";
 
    str3= QString("%1 %2 %3").arg(str1,20).arg(" = ").arg(str2);
    qDebug() << str3;

QString str1,str2,str3;
    str1="Student Name";
    str2= "James";

    str3= QString("%1 %2 %3").arg(str1,20).arg(" = ").arg(str2);
    qDebug() << str3;

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The result will be :
"********Student Name = James"

[spirit]

What's your Qt's version? This code works fine for me.

[jesse_mark]

it is Qt 4.8.1 ... you mean you got the spaces after the name like
"Student Name******** = jemes" ??

[spirit]

I'm also using 4.8.1 and I've got such output:

int main(int, char**) " Student Name = James"

[Oleg]

From the docs:

fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that argument a shall occupy. If a requires less space than fieldWidth, it is padded to fieldWidth with character fillChar. A positive fieldWidth produces right-aligned text. A negative fieldWidth produces left-aligned text.

So, try

arg(str1, -20)

arg(str1, -20)

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[jesse_mark]

the editor eat the space but, i see the spaces you got same which is in the front : "********Student Name = James"

but the result i want is "Student Name******** = James" .

"*": means space

[spirit]

see Oleg's post above.

[yeye_olive]

The documentation for QString::arg() specifies that if the fieldWidth argument is positive (which is the case in your example), then you will get right-aligned text. This is why spaces are inserted on the left.

Also, do not use .arg().arg().arg()! Can you see what would happen if a student decided to put "%1" in their name? (BTW I just realized that the example in the docs makes this mistake.)

I would use QString("%1 = %2").arg(name, value) or QString("%1 = %2").arg(QString("%1").arg(name, -20), value) for a left-aligned padded student name.

[jesse_mark]

Thanks, Oleg Shparber, Spirit and tescrin for your reply and help

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Added after 15 minutes:

Thanks yeye_olive for this advise. good point that i wasn't giving attention to