[color=#33CC00]DF: 1
SA: 2-2         DA: R1          D: 3
SA: R1          DA: R1          D: 2
SA: R1          DA: R1          D: 1
SA: R1          DA:               D: 0
ID: 3
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but is of the form


[color=#FF0000]
DF: 1
SA: 2-2         DA: R1          D: 3
SA: R1          DA: R1          D: 2
SA: R1          DA: R1     D: 1
SA: R1     DA:      D: 0
ID: 3[/color]  

i tried using tab and setw but output is not coming the way i expect it to be


#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<fstream.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<iomanip.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<dos.h>
int countk=0,k=4,probab=1;
char str[20],*p,*q,buf[100],*w,d1[10];
class router
{
    public:
       void extract(char *p,char str[])
        {
            int i=0;
            while(p && i<4)
            {
                str[i]=*p;
                p++;i++;
            }
            str[i]=NULL;
        }

           
      void mp_entries(fstream &mp)
        {
          cout<<setw(20)<<"\n In mp_entries function \n\n";
          char l[20];
          int i;
          p=q=w=NULL;
          fstream t;
          t.open("c:\\p\\temp",ios::in|ios::out|ios::trunc);
          mp.seekg(0);
          while(!mp.eof())
          {
            mp.getline(buf,100);
            p=strstr(buf,"SA:");
            if(p)
            {
            ++countk;
            p+=4;
            extract(p,str);
            q=strstr(buf,"DA:");
            q=q+4;
            w=strstr(buf,"D:");
            w+=2;
            i=atoi(w);
            ++i;
            if(*q<='0')
            {

               t<<"SA: "<<str<<"\t"<<" DA: R1"<<"\t"<<" D: "<<i<<"\n";
            }
            else
            {
              extract(q,l);
              t<<"SA: "<<str<<"\t"<<" DA: "<<l<<"\t"<<" D: "<<i<<"\n";
            }
              }
             else
             {
              p=strstr(buf,"ID");
               if(p && probab==1 && countk<k)
            {
              t<<"SA: R1"<<"\t"<<" DA: "<<"\t"<<" D: 0\n";
            }

              if(p)
              {
            t<<"ID: "<<countk<<"\n";

              }
              else
              {
            t<<buf<<"\n";
              }
           }
           }

          mp.close();
          t.close();
          remove("c:\\p\\mp.txt");
          rename("c:\\p\\temp","c:\\p\\mp.txt");
          fstream file;
          file.open("c:\\p\\mp.txt",ios::in|ios::nocreate);
          while(!file.eof())
            {
                file.getline(buf,100);
                cout<<buf<<endl;
            }
          file.close();
         }
      
void main()
{
fstream f;
f.open("c:\\p\\mp.txt",ios::in|ios::out|ios::nocreate);
clrscr();
router r;
r.pkt_type(f);
f.close();
getch();
  }