Need some help with Java App

[Neotrobe]

I am writing a program to first create a 2D Array that has 44 Rows and 44 Columns.

That part I got down.

I have put in the data that needs to be in the array but I have trouble displaying it on the screen. I am not using any JFrames but rather the command screen.

I want to display each row and column in a grid format.
ex (it should be a box)
+-----+
| |
| |
| |
+-----+

What I am creating is a grid for a project I am working for in AI. This is my representation and it seemed easy to do it this. However, I do not know how to make java print a row of the array then stop at the end of that row and move down to the next row.

If someone could post some hints or a tut I can go to that would be greatly appreciated as well. This is for a homework assignment however, the assignment is to write the AI not representation. That part is easier than this. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Adam

[Phaelax]

Like this?

    for (int r=0; r<44; r++)
        for(int c=0; c<44;c++)
            System.out.println(array[r][c]+" ");

[mikeBarr81]

you're also going to have to format the table to make sure the rows all line up. If each piece of data that you're printing can be a different length (such as a multiplication table where '1' is shorter than '100') then you're going to have to make sure each column in the table is at least wide enough to fit the largest piece of data. If you don't then the columns won't line up at the end.

[cjard]

heres an easy trick for lining up strings:


String myLinedUpString = " " + myInt;
myLinedUpString = myLinedUpString.substring(myLinedUpString.length()-NUM_COLUMNS);

so if you want 3 columns, set NUM_COLUMNS to 3..

and youll get:

  1
  2 ...
 10
 11 ...
 99 ...
100 ...

naturally that line of spaces " " must be at least as long as the number of columns, less one


heres how to print a table for an X x Y array:

method called horizontalRule()
//print the horizontal line
for as many counts as there are in array[x] dimension
  print "+------"
//finish the lineheader
println "+"


method called cellDeadSpace()
//print the vertical bars and spaces
for as many counts as there are in array[x] dimension
  print "|      " 
//finish the line
println "|"


method called printTable(array[x][y])

horizontalRule();

//print the data:
for each item in array[x]
 cellDeadSpace()
 print a line of data (for a fixed X, print the incremented Y values)
 cellDeadSPace()
 horizontalRule()
 increment x
loop until x is exhausted

now, just write the code

[mikeBarr81]

That looks scarily like my first ever java assignment cjard! The code had to format and print out any multiplication table from 1x to 12x table.