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C#•6mo ago
Mathall

Cannot center my top numbers with rest of written characters

hey all trying to make a minesweeper game, but I cannot seem to center the X number key above the characters, any help would be greatly appreciated, here;s the function 
C#
        public void RevealBoard()
        {
            //Add space + bar before X number key
            Console.Write("  |");

            //write X number key
            for (int i = 0; i < Columns; i++)
            {
                Console.Write($" {i}");
            }
            //Add divider line and cross before full divider line
            Console.Write("\n--+");

            //write divider line
            for (int i = 0; i < Columns; i++)
            {
                Console.Write($"--");
            }
            //start next line
            Console.WriteLine();


            //for each tile in the board write its value
            for (int i = 0; i < Rows; i++)
            {
                //adds Y key before each new row
                if (i<10)
                {
                    Console.Write($" {i}|");
                } else if (i<99)
                {
                    Console.Write($"{i}|");
                }

                for (int j = 0; j < Columns; j++)
                {
                    Thread.Sleep(10);
                    ChangeColor(BoardArr[i,j]); //write each character with own color
                }
                //every row complete, move to the next row
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }
C#
        public void RevealBoard()
        {
            //Add space + bar before X number key
            Console.Write("  |");

            //write X number key
            for (int i = 0; i < Columns; i++)
            {
                Console.Write($" {i}");
            }
            //Add divider line and cross before full divider line
            Console.Write("\n--+");

            //write divider line
            for (int i = 0; i < Columns; i++)
            {
                Console.Write($"--");
            }
            //start next line
            Console.WriteLine();


            //for each tile in the board write its value
            for (int i = 0; i < Rows; i++)
            {
                //adds Y key before each new row
                if (i<10)
                {
                    Console.Write($" {i}|");
                } else if (i<99)
                {
                    Console.Write($"{i}|");
                }

                for (int j = 0; j < Columns; j++)
                {
                    Thread.Sleep(10);
                    ChangeColor(BoardArr[i,j]); //write each character with own color
                }
                //every row complete, move to the next row
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }
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9 Replies
Mathall
MathallOP•6mo ago
its worth noting that below each is a whitespace, then a character (if nothing there then its just another whitespace) Ok I actually found a fix really fast, just added another whitespace, and shorted the space between the double digits after 9 
C#
        public void RevealBoard()
        {
            //Add space + bar before X number key
            Console.Write("  |");

            //write X number key
            for (int i = 0; i < Columns; i++)
            {
                //adds X key above the columns
                if (i<10)
                {
                    Console.Write($" {i} ");
                } else if (i<99)
                {
                    Console.Write($" {i}");
                }
            }
            //Add divider line and cross before full divider line
            Console.Write("\n--+");

            //write divider line
            for (int i = 0; i < Columns; i++)
            {
                Console.Write($"---");
            }
            //start next line
            Console.WriteLine();


            //for each tile in the board write its value
            for (int i = 0; i < Rows; i++)
            {
                //adds Y key before each new row
                if (i<10)
                {
                    Console.Write($" {i}|");
                } else if (i<99)
                {
                    Console.Write($"{i}|");
                }

                for (int j = 0; j < Columns; j++)
                {
                    Thread.Sleep(10);
                    ChangeColor(BoardArr[i,j]); //write each character with own color
                }
                //every row complete, move to the next row
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }
C#
        public void RevealBoard()
        {
            //Add space + bar before X number key
            Console.Write("  |");

            //write X number key
            for (int i = 0; i < Columns; i++)
            {
                //adds X key above the columns
                if (i<10)
                {
                    Console.Write($" {i} ");
                } else if (i<99)
                {
                    Console.Write($" {i}");
                }
            }
            //Add divider line and cross before full divider line
            Console.Write("\n--+");

            //write divider line
            for (int i = 0; i < Columns; i++)
            {
                Console.Write($"---");
            }
            //start next line
            Console.WriteLine();


            //for each tile in the board write its value
            for (int i = 0; i < Rows; i++)
            {
                //adds Y key before each new row
                if (i<10)
                {
                    Console.Write($" {i}|");
                } else if (i<99)
                {
                    Console.Write($"{i}|");
                }

                for (int j = 0; j < Columns; j++)
                {
                    Thread.Sleep(10);
                    ChangeColor(BoardArr[i,j]); //write each character with own color
                }
                //every row complete, move to the next row
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }
Mathall
MathallOP•6mo ago
here is the fixed version if anyone is wondering
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substitute
substitute•6mo ago
The real solution would be to use a monospaced font
Mathall
MathallOP•6mo ago
I personally dont know how to change the font in the console
substitute
substitute•6mo ago
Sure, but I wouldn’t try to match a variable width font, it’ll break on another user’s system if the widths are different for their font
Mathall
MathallOP•6mo ago
Oh, interesting, I thought the font was just constant, is there a way in the code itself to change the font, or would I have to add another resource
substitute
substitute•6mo ago
Yes, and also consider the width of your columns You have 1 and you have 10 Make sure the width is consistent 01 and 10 (or space + 1)
Mathall
MathallOP•6mo ago
Yea, right now I have it as if less than 10 {" # "} if more than 9 {" #"}
substitute
substitute•6mo ago
Formatting should allow you to do fixed with automatically See string.format

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