C++ spacing commands.

[Mungla]

I'm looking for a particular way to output spaces in C++. Currently, I can make a loop with the cout << ' '; but I would like to be able to designate how many spaces are made. In BASIC, I could use the command spc(x) where x is an integar variable containing the number of spaces that I want.

Basically, I want a way to make a loop print out one less space each time it executes.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Create your own function and use that? spaces(int nspaces) { /* loop */ }

 

[Xalista]

MAYBE this works:

cout << setw(x) << '';

or

cout << setw(x-1) << ' ';

 

[MustPost]

use the iomanip header file(contains setw()).
I think there may be better functionsfor filler other than setw(), but Im not sure.

 

[Mungla]

Thanks for the replies guys. I had completely forgotten about setw.