using <pre> formatting and tabbing \t

[mortpig]

Hi this is my 1st post, i hope this is the right place. I want to use the <pre> tag to format some output and use tabs \t to space out each column.

like so :
<pre>
title id desc

abc 123 abs123
defss 456333 23
2323232 898 wewew
</pre>

but when i do it some lines will need only 1 tab other 2 tabs between each column on a line.

is there a way to know how many tabs ill need to keep the formatting in the <pre></pre> format ?

ps. i lose formatting posting here too

[mhalloran]

This is a PHP form but I'll quickly answer...

The best thing to do is put the values in a table and use cells to line them up

<table>
<tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<td>title</td>
<td>id</td>
<td>desc </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>abc</td>
<td>123</td>
<td>abc123</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>defss</td>
<td>456333</td>
<td>23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2323232</td>
<td>989</td>
<td>wewew</td>
</tr>
</table>

I don't know of any good HTML forums but I started out at webmonkey.com
It's a helpful site if they are still around. Good luck.