Limit string lenght - HELP !

[fabiuz]

Hi,

I need to limit string lenght to be listed into a table.

Actually I am valuating number of characters removing them when they are more than the limit I set.

I works but I have noticed that this is not enought... string lenght (in terms of pixels) depends also by char type... take these exaples:

aaaaa
iiiii
mmmmm

All of them have 5 chars but some of them are using more space.

What I want to know is:

Is there any way to solve this problem so that my table will not be corrupted ?

Thank you very much !

Fabi

[archangel_617b]

Generally, setting a string length will work well for keeping columns orderly since any normal string will a mix of wide characters and narrow characters. It is only a problem if you are printing entire sets of a single letter for some peculiar reason.

If that is the case and you have to have the columns the same width, you may be a little stuck since different browsers provided different default fonts. If you are providing the fonts, then just use a sans-serif font like Courier or Terminal for the table so that all the letters are the same width.