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+* Lecture 3 agenda (January 22nd 2024)
+ + Venting about being iced in!
+ + Formatting (a.k.a let's make a table!!!)
+   + setw
+   + left
+   + right
+   + setfill
+   + setprecision
+   + fixed
+ + Review of while-loops
+ + Review of if-statements
+ + A taste of for-loops (and what they're good for)
+ + Time to work
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
+using namespace std;
+
+int main() {
+  cout << "This is how " << 10 << " things normally appear" << endl;
+
+  cout << "(Now with default alignment and a width of 20)" << endl;
+  
+  cout << setw(20) << "This is how " << setw(20) << 10 << setw(20) << " things normally appear" << endl;
+
+  cout << "Why doesn't the last bit look right aligned?" << endl;
+
+  cout << "Now for messing with alignment" << endl;
+
+  cout << left << setw(20) << "This is how " << right << setw(20) << 10 << setfill('*') << left << setw(40) << " things normally appear" << endl;
+
+  cout << endl << endl;
+
+  cout << "Now let's build a table" << endl;
+
+  //we build the top of the table
+  cout << setfill('-');
+  cout << right;
+  cout << "|" << setw(21);
+  cout << "|" << setw(21);
+  cout << "|" << setw(21) << "|" << endl;
+  cout << setfill(' ');
+
+  cout << left;
+  
+  cout << "|" << setw(20) << "Ink name";
+  cout << "|" << setw(20) << "Color";
+  cout << "|" << setw(20) << "Brand name" << "|" << endl;
+
+  // we can build the rest of the table
+  
+  return 0;
+}