You could do something like the following:
static int tableWidth = 73;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.Clear();
PrintLine();
PrintRow("Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3", "Column 4");
PrintLine();
PrintRow("", "", "", "");
PrintRow("", "", "", "");
PrintLine();
Console.ReadLine();
}
static void PrintLine()
{
Console.WriteLine(new string('-', tableWidth));
}
static void PrintRow(params string[] columns)
{
int width = (tableWidth - columns.Length) / columns.Length;
string row = "|";
foreach (string column in columns)
{
row += AlignCentre(column, width) + "|";
}
Console.WriteLine(row);
}
static string AlignCentre(string text, int width)
{
text = text.Length > width ? text.Substring(0, width - 3) + "..." : text;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
{
return new string(' ', width);
}
else
{
return text.PadRight(width - (width - text.Length) / 2).PadLeft(width);
}
}