c# string formatting for printing

Question

I saw somewhere on this board where someone created a string to print that held multiple variables that you could print a form. I can find the original question but would like to use the way the string was constructed.

I want to have the string like hold something like this.

string("|", {size of field1}, "|", {size of field2}, "|", {size of field3}, "|"), field1, field2, field3);

I want the size for each field to be constant so it makes a nice table.

You might want to google "format string in c#" before posting a question here. — eddie_cat, Jun 27 '14 at 20:36
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.format(v=vs.110).aspx — Matt Burland, Jun 27 '14 at 20:38
possible duplicate of [How To: Best way to draw table in console app (C#)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/856845/how-to-best-way-to-draw-table-in-console-app-c) — Shiva, Jun 27 '14 at 20:40
...so the first thing you mention in your question is that you know it has already been answered on here? — Saggio, Jun 27 '14 at 20:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '14 at 20:44

string formattedString = String.Format("{0}|{1}|{2}", field1, field2, field3);

Alternatively if you're not sure how many strings to combine you will have you can use the Join method.

string formattedString = String.Join("|", stringsToJoin);

In this case stringsToJoin should be an array.

c# string formatting for printing

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