Insert tab character when saving to text file

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Hi,

I've been googling but no luck so far :slightly_frowning_face:
Hope someone can help out.

I am saving data to a text file and it works nicely. However, I would like to put TAB characters into the saved lines for readability.

  • Lets say I have:
    2022.08.02_19.39_12
    2022.08.02_19.40_5
  • I want these lines to save to the text file as:
2022.08.02_19.40_5	        *****
2022.08.02_19.39_12	        ************
2022.08.02_19.40_103	    ******************** <103 times *

The code that should generate the string would be something like this:

  String logEntry = datestring + "_" + 
                    strHour + "." +
                    strMinute + "_" + 
                    String(motionCount);                                                        // logEntry: 2022.07.08_09.03_274 > 22.07.08 09:03 27.4ºC

  logEntry = logEntry + <<< TAB CHARACTERS GO HERE>>>;

  for(int i=0; i<=motionCount; i++){
    logEntry = logEntry + "*"
  }

Could anyone tell me what goes here: <<< TAB CHARACTERS GO HERE>>> ?

Thanks for reading!

2

"\t"

3

Thank you so much, those were the 2 characters I was looking for! :slight_smile:

(4 including quotes that is)