C++ printing spaces or tabs given a user input integer

Question

I need to turn user input (a number) into an output of TAB spaces. Example I ask user:

cout << "Enter amount of spaces you would like (integer)" << endl;
cin >> n;

the (n) i need to turn it into an output like:

cout << n , endl; 

and what prints on the screen would be the spaces ex input is 5 out put |_| <~~~there are five spaces there.

Sorry If I can't be clear, probably this is the reason I haven't been able to find an answer looking through other people's questions.

any help will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Just use std::string:

std::cout << std::string( n, ' ' );

In many cases, however, depending on what comes next, is may be simpler to just add n to the parameter to an std::setw.