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Task/Align-columns/OpenEdge-Progress/align-columns.openedge

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+FUNCTION alignColumns RETURNS CHAR (
+   i_c      AS CHAR,
+   i_calign AS CHAR
+):
+
+   DEF VAR ipass     AS INT.
+   DEF VAR iline     AS INT.
+   DEF VAR icol      AS INT.
+   DEF VAR iwidth    AS INT EXTENT.
+   DEF VAR cword     AS CHAR.
+   DEF VAR cspace    AS CHAR.
+   DEF VAR cresult   AS CHAR.
+
+   EXTENT( iwidth ) = NUM-ENTRIES( ENTRY( 1, i_c, "~n" ), "$" ).
+
+   DO ipass = 0 TO 1:
+      DO iline = 1 TO NUM-ENTRIES( i_c, "~n" ):
+         DO icol = 1 TO NUM-ENTRIES( ENTRY( iline, i_c, "~n" ), "$" ):
+            cword = ENTRY( icol, ENTRY( iline, i_c, "~n" ), "$" ).
+            IF ipass = 0 THEN
+               iwidth = MAXIMUM( LENGTH( cword ), iwidth[ icol ] ).
+            ELSE DO:
+               cspace = FILL( " ", iwidth[ icol ] - LENGTH( cword ) ).
+               CASE i_calign:
+                  WHEN "left"    THEN cresult = cresult + cword + cspace.
+                  WHEN "right"   THEN cresult = cresult + cspace + cword.
+                  WHEN "center"  THEN DO:
+                     cword = FILL( " ", INTEGER( LENGTH( cspace ) / 2 ) ) + cword.
+                     cresult = cresult + cword + FILL( " ", iwidth[icol] - LENGTH( cword ) ).
+                  END.
+               END CASE. /* i_calign */
+               cresult = cresult + " ".
+            END.
+         END. /* DO icol = 1 TO ... */
+         IF ipass = 1 THEN
+            cresult = cresult + "~n".
+      END. /* DO iline = 1 TO ... */
+   END. /* DO ipass = 0 TO 1 */
+
+   RETURN cresult.
+
+END FUNCTION.
+
+DEF VAR cc AS CHAR.
+
+cc =  SUBSTITUTE(
+         "&1~n&2~n&3~n&4~n&5~n&6",
+         "Given$a$text$file$of$many$lines,$where$fields$within$a$line$",
+         "are$delineated$by$a$single$'dollar'$character,$write$a$program",
+         "that$aligns$each$column$of$fields$by$ensuring$that$words$in$each$",
+         "column$are$separated$by$at$least$one$space.",
+         "Further,$allow$for$each$word$in$a$column$to$be$either$left$",
+         "justified,$right$justified,$or$center$justified$within$its$column."
+      ).
+
+MESSAGE
+   alignColumns( cc, "left" )    SKIP
+   alignColumns( cc, "right" )   SKIP
+   alignColumns( cc, "center" )
+VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX.