Declare max(a,b) If OpenConsole() Define a, i, x, y, maxlen Dim txt.s(0) Restore lines ; Get address of the first data block Read.i a ReDim txt(a) For i=0 To a ; Read the raw data lines Read.s txt(i) txt(i)=Trim(txt(i),"$") ; Remove any bad '$' that may be useless in the end... x=max(CountString(txt(i),"$"),x) Next y=a Dim matrix.s(x,y) ; Set up a nice matrix to work with, each word cleanly separated For x=0 To ArraySize(matrix(),1) For y=0 To ArraySize(matrix(),2) matrix(x,y)=StringField(txt(y),x+1,"$") maxlen=max(maxlen,Len(matrix(x,y))) Next Next If maxlen%2 maxlen+1 ; Just to make sure that 'centered' output looks nice.... EndIf PrintN(#CRLF$+"---- Right ----") For y=0 To ArraySize(matrix(),2) For x=0 To ArraySize(matrix(),1) Print(RSet(matrix(x,y),maxlen+1)) Next PrintN("") Next PrintN(#CRLF$+"---- Left ----") For y=0 To ArraySize(matrix(),2) For x=0 To ArraySize(matrix(),1) Print(LSet(matrix(x,y),maxlen+1)) Next PrintN("") Next PrintN(#CRLF$+"---- Center ----") For y=0 To ArraySize(matrix(),2) For x=0 To ArraySize(matrix(),1) a=maxlen-Len(matrix(x,y)) Print(LSet(RSet(matrix(x,y),maxlen-a/2),maxlen)) Next PrintN("") Next PrintN(#CRLF$+#CRLF$+"Press ENTER to quit."): Input() CloseConsole() EndIf Procedure max(x,y) If x>=y ProcedureReturn x Else ProcedureReturn y EndIf EndProcedure DataSection lines: Data.i 5 ; e.g. 6-1 since first line is equal to 'zero'. text: Data.s "Given$a$text$file$of$many$lines,$where$fields$within$a$line$" Data.s "are$delineated$by$a$single$'dollar'$character,$write$a$program" Data.s "that$aligns$each$column$of$fields$by$ensuring$that$words$in$each$" Data.s "column$are$separated$by$at$least$one$space." Data.s "Further,$allow$for$each$word$in$a$column$oo$be$either$left$" Data.s "justified,$right$justified,$or$center$justified$within$its$column." EndDataSection