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Humpton
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Joined: 10 Oct 2000
Posts: 158
Location: Chicago, IL
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 Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2002 3:45 am
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Is there a way to use a variable in the &s part of the format string?
#SHOW %format("&s &s &s",%item(@MagicPotionList,@Counter),"-","Description Info") works as expected - but nothing special. With different values for @Counter the %item returned is different and usually of a different length. I'm trying to set up a table of sorts so was hoping that this
#SHOW %format("&s &(20-%len(%item(@MagicPotionList,@Counter)))s &s",%item(@MagicPotionList,@Counter),"-","Description Info") would allow me to have the '-'s all lined up nicely. Alas, not. And nor does just putting in a @Variable.
Any ideas?
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LightBulb
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Joined: 28 Nov 2000
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Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2002 6:27 am
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If you just want things lined up use the number with the first &s.
%format("&20s &s &s", %item(@MagicPotionList, @Counter), "-", "Description Info")
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Humpton
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2002 1:23 pm
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Yeah, that was my bail out option, but I wanted to pad the end of it not the front of it. That's why I did it on the '-'.
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