[net.general] C help?

settle@siemens.UUCP (01/17/86)

I am currently writing a data input sheet in C and I am having trouble with
a library function.  The include file is called "curses.h" and it is a
screen editing package.  There is (or I think that there is) a bug in one of
the commands "printw".  Has anyone out there ever used this package?  If so,
could you write a response to this note with some advice on how to
get around the bug (if it is a bug).  The problem occurs when trying to
print a string.  When used in a loop, the command printw("%-35s %f"); will
result in something like this:

Whatever              675.1
your         45.32
string           5643.3
is                   453.6

I have checked but cannot find any pattern associated with the seemingly
random placement of the floating point number.  Can anyone help? Thanks.

Ken Settle