Formatting string output.

[S2000]

I'm having trouble formatting the string array that I got from a .txt file.
When I print the string, it comes out double spaced, when I only want it single spaced.

names.txt (file example)

Marry Ann Sue
John Davis Harley
Joseph Josh Jacob

So I take those lines and store them in a single variable.

char line1[30+1];
char line2[30+1];
char line3[30+1];

FILE * namefile;
namefile = fopen("names.txt"m "r");

fgets(line1, 31, namefile);
fgets(line2, 31, namefile);
fgets(line3, 31, namefile);

This all works, but I'm having a problem with the formatting.
I need it in a format where it prints as such:
Edit: Please imagine that the asterisks create a rectangle

************************
*   Marry Ann Sue                  * 
*   John Davis Harley              *
*   Joseph Josh Jacob              *
************************

So I tried doing this and a few other methods, but it kept double spacing.

#define FORMAT "*   %30s                   *\n";

printf(FORMAT, line1);
printf(FORMAT, line2);
printf(FORMAT, line3);

but it just comes out like this

********************
*   Marry Ann Sue
                                       *
*   John Davis Harley
                                       *
*   Joseph Josh Jacob
                                       *
************************

Anyway I can get rid of the double spacing? I just want everything to be single spaced.

[abhishekm71]

it seems that the problem is that with fgets function the newline character also gets appended at the end of the string. You will have to trim the string variable to get rid of the new line character.

checkout this answer www.stackoverflow.com/a/6379961/1063730

[S2000]

Thanks, pal. I now know what to look for. I'll to find a solution in C and test it.