Need Help. I Have Been Trying To Figure Out How To Create Columns Here.

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I have been trying to figure out how to create columns here.
Straight vertical columns Like a list where the first column is left justified in a post and no matter each sequential item is long,
the second Column will still be straight vertically.

I was told by someone here how to do it with it torn apart so I can see the syntax, but I cannot put it to work properly.
Here is what I was told:

Before the two columns, I use the html tag "code" (encased in square bracklets). Then, the space in between the two columns is set by using one- or two-tabs characters "amparsand amparsand pound nine" (the sequence of characters, no spaces). Finally, the list is ended with the html tag "/code" (encased in square bracklets).

If someone can help me out, I would appreciate it.
Perhaps someone could make a short list here, and have it present as it is intended on a post, but then just send me what you actually typed to create it in an email So I can compare the way to do it.

Any help? please?

It was Numised that gave me the code above - I'm just not smart enough to put it together properly..

have a look at what he managed to do in one of his posts:
http://goccf.com/t/433749&whichpage=4#3731849

That is what I wanting to learn to do.

You cannot use tabs. You have to use hard spaces.

If you type it up in Notepad++ first, you can use convert the tabs to spaces: Edit > Blank Operations > TAB to Space

This is how I do everything for Guess The Price.

OK. with a little from NumisEd, I got this nailed. Thanks Ed!


Name1 	  	  pounds  	  ounces
Name12  	  pounds  	  ounces
Name123  	  pounds  	  ounces

Edited by Dearborn
01/10/2023 2:29 pm

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OK. with a little from NumisEd, I got this nailed. Thanks Ed!

Nss: did you go into my post and examine how I did it?

There are some hidden characters in between that make this work. (& & # 9 - 'no spaces') these pretend to be tabs and thus setting up straight columns

Edited by Dearborn
01/10/2023 7:19 pm

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This I wrote up in notepad to capture it:

and just typed as you see it in the image, it becomes:


keith12 	 1 pound 	 12 ounces
loonielewy 	 2 pounds 	 3.28 ounces
hfjacinto 	 3 pounds 	 6.2 ounces

Edited by Dearborn
01/10/2023 7:23 pm

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I still feel it is better to use hard spaces. Tab distance can vary and sometimes you end up with a line that gets out of sync when one of the filed contents is abnormally long or short.

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I still feel it is better to use hard spaces.

Well I DL'd notepad++ and it is a bit of a learning curve for me. I tried the tab to space thing - and I couldn't seem to get it to work. (but I'll keep trying)

I hope that once you get the hang of it you will wonder how you got along without it.

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