Inserting a tab character into text using C#

Question

I\'m building an application where I should capture several values and build a text with them: Name, Age, etc.

The output will be a plain

Answer 1

In addition to the anwsers above you can use PadLeft or PadRight:

string name = "John";
string surname = "Smith";

Console.WriteLine("Name:".PadRight(15)+"Surname:".PadRight(15));
Console.WriteLine( name.PadRight(15) + surname.PadRight(15));

This will fill in the string with spaces to the left or right.

Answer 2

When using literal strings (start with @") this might be easier

char tab = '\u0009';
string A = "Apple";
string B = "Bob";
string myStr = String.Format(@"{0}:{1}{2}", A, tab, B);

Would result in Apple:<tab>Bob

Answer 3

There are several ways to do it. The simplest is using \t in your text. However, it's possible that \t doesn't work in some situations, like PdfReport nuget package.