Subj : Right Justify
To   : DesotoFireflite
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Dec 28 2020 02:37 pm

  Re: Right Justify
  By: DesotoFireflite to All on Mon Dec 28 2020 10:28 am

 > Is there a way for me to right justify the output of a file for a bulletin.
 > Im using the below to get the stats, and it's just part of the total file.
 >
 > var tlogons = formatString(users[i].stats.total_logons, 5);
 >
 > var lastCallerStr = "\1h\1c" + tlogons + " " + "\1h\1c" + firstOn;
 >
 > It displays ok, but it's left justified
 > 212
 > 3
 > 1946
 > 56
 > 10214
 >
 > I want it to be right justified and show as
 >   212
 >     3
 >  1946
 >    56
 > 10214
 >
 > Is there a simple way to do this. Thanks in advance.

var lastCallerStr = format("\1h\1c%5u \1h\1c%5u", tlogons, firstOn);

That print the integers ('u' means unsigned integer) right-justified to 5 characters (minimum), using spaces for padding. If you wanted 0-padding instead, then you'd specify "%05u". If you want left-justification, use "%-5u".
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