RosettaCodeData/Task/Align-columns/VBA/align-columns.vba

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Public Sub TestSplit(Optional align As String = "left", Optional spacing As Integer = 1)
Dim word() As String
Dim colwidth() As Integer
Dim ncols As Integer
Dim lines(6) As String
Dim nlines As Integer
'check arguments
If Not (align = "left" Or align = "right" Or align = "center") Then
MsgBox "TestSplit: wrong argument 'align': " & align
Exit Sub
End If
If spacing < 0 Then
MsgBox "TestSplit: wrong argument: 'spacing' cannot be negative."
Exit Sub
End If
' Sample Input (should be from a file)
nlines = 6
lines(1) = "Given$a$text$file$of$many$lines,$where$fields$within$a$line$"
lines(2) = "are$delineated$by$a$single$'dollar'$character,$write$a$program"
lines(3) = "that$aligns$each$column$of$fields$by$ensuring$that$words$in$each$"
lines(4) = "column$are$separated$by$at$least$one$space."
lines(5) = "Further,$allow$for$each$word$in$a$column$to$be$either$left$"
lines(6) = "justified,$right$justified,$or$center$justified$within$its$column."
'first pass: count columns and column widths
'the words are not kept in memory
ncols = -1
For l = 1 To nlines
word = Split(RTrim(lines(l)), "$")
If UBound(word) > ncols Then
ncols = UBound(word)
ReDim Preserve colwidth(ncols)
End If
For i = 0 To UBound(word)
If Len(word(i)) > colwidth(i) Then colwidth(i) = Len(word(i))
Next i
Next l
'discard possibly empty columns at the right
'(this assumes there is at least one non-empty column)
While colwidth(ncols) = 0
ncols = ncols - 1
Wend
'second pass: print in columns
For l = 1 To nlines
word = Split(RTrim(lines(l)), "$")
For i = 0 To UBound(word)
a = word(i)
w = colwidth(i)
If align = "left" Then
Debug.Print a + String$(w - Len(a), " ");
ElseIf align = "right" Then
Debug.Print String$(w - Len(a), " ") + a;
ElseIf align = "center" Then
d = Int((w - Len(a)) / 2)
Debug.Print String$(d, " ") + a + String$(w - (d + Len(a)), " ");
End If
If i < ncols Then Debug.Print Spc(spacing);
Next i
Debug.Print
Next l
End Sub