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[Engineer]

Hello,

I dont know if this like this in LUA or just a bug in CC. So I ask you pro's if this isnt a bug or if its standard.

Test code:

print( "x\tx" ) --> outputs "x x"

Shouldnt this out put something like: "x x" (much or less then 5 spaces)

Big test code, wasnt it?

But maybe this doesnt even exist in LUA, maybe im mixing up Java and LUA again.. :/

Thanks for reading,

Engineer

[theoriginalbit]

there is no way to display tab atm so \t is replaced with a space

[Alekso56]

From the LUA manual: (just in case) (TheOriginalBIT already answered the question)

Literal strings can be delimited by matching single or double quotes, and can contain the following C-like escape sequences:

• \a --- bell
  
• \b --- backspace
  
• \f --- form feed
  
• \n --- newline
  
• \r --- carriage return
  
• \t --- horizontal tab --space instead
  
• \v --- vertical tab -- space instead
  
• \\ --- backslash
  
• \" --- quotation mark
  
• \' --- apostrophe
  
• \[ --- left square bracket
  
• \] --- right square bracket

[Engineer]

TheOriginalBIT, on 26 March 2013 - 01:54 AM, said:

there is no way to display tab atm so \t is replaced with a space

Darn! Too bad it isnt implemented. I like the feature of /t because you can nicely make columns of text.
Than I need to use something like this.. I guess..

local t = {'s','o','m','e','t','h','i', 'n', 'g'}
local x = {'i','d','e','m'}

write( "X:  T:" )
for i = 1, #t do
   term.setCursorPos( 5, i + 1 )
   write( t[i] )
end

for i = 1, #x do
   term.setCursorPos( 1, i + 1 )
   write( x[i] )
end

It'll work.

Alekso56, on 26 March 2013 - 01:56 AM, said:

From the LUA manual: (just in case) (TheOriginalBIT already answered the question)

Literal strings can be delimited by matching single or double quotes, and can contain the following C-like escape sequences:

• \a --- bell
  
• \b --- backspace
  
• \f --- form feed
  
• \n --- newline
  
• \r --- carriage return
  
• \t --- horizontal tab --space instead
  
• \v --- vertical tab -- space instead
  
• \\ --- backslash
  
• \" --- quotation mark
  
• \' --- apostrophe
  
• \[ --- left square bracket
  
• \] --- right square bracket

Thanks man, I couldnt find anything about this on the webs!
And also thanks BIT

[dissy]

Engineer, on 26 March 2013 - 02:02 AM, said:

Darn! Too bad it isnt implemented. I like the feature of /t because you can nicely make columns of text.

Check out textutils.tabulate for an alternative way