Help with C++

[Kalkalash]

I currently have a small assignment on a programming course. I need to create a program in which the user can specify a number, let's call it n. The program then puts numbers from 1 to n on the first row as well as the first column and between them all the multiplications of the digits on the 1st row and column. I have the code working fine but I'm having trouble with the formatting. It should look like a nice clean table but it doesn't. Here's how it looks:


I tried to look info on tables on Google but couldn't really find anything useful.
Here's how the code looks like:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main () {
    int multiplier = 2;
    int input_number;
    int row = 1;
   
    cout << "Input number to multiply" << endl;
    cin >> input_number;
    cout << endl;
   
    while ( row <= input_number ) {
          cout << row;
               while ( multiplier <=  input_number ) {
                     cout << " " << row * multiplier << " ";
                     ++multiplier;
                     }
          multiplier = 2;
          ++row;
          cout << endl;
          }   
    system ("PAUSE");
}

Anyone here with any tips?

[gavrant]

My knowledge of C++ is quite rusty by now, but maybe try setw for padding numbers with spaces?
I found this tutorial for setw: http://arachnoid.com/cpptutor/student3.html, see "1. Field Width" section there.

BTW, I think your code would look more elegant, so to speak, with for instead of while. For example, I'd replace:

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int row = 1;
...
while ( row <= input_number ) {
    ...
    ++row;
}   
with:

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for(int row = 1; row <= input_number; row++) {
    ...
}   


[Kalkalash]

Oops, forgot to reply to this. Yeah, setw did the trick. Thanks for the help.