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help with format

2002-09-15T01:53:16-04:00

Doing it with the format command is a lot easier.

Code:

set str [format "| %10s | %10s | %10s" [lindex $baa 0] [lindex $baa 1] [lindex $baa 2]]putserv "notice $nick :$str"

Look up the format command in the tcl manual for more info on controlling the output, but basically for what you want, you do %XXXs, which means "a string XXX chars wide".

Statistics: Posted by stdragon — Sun Sep 15, 2002 1:53 am

help with format

2002-09-14T18:27:43-04:00

OK - this is based on a single item, which has | at the start and end.

The list input will come from $nick, and the alignment is at 11 chars (IE, 10 chars between | and |).

Code:

foreach a $nick {  puts stdout "| ${a}[string repeat " " [expr 10 - [string length $a]]]|"}

Statistics: Posted by ppslim — Sat Sep 14, 2002 6:27 pm

help with format

2002-09-13T18:57:17-04:00

ok, say I wanna use a fixed width of 10 chars..
how do I apply that format function to it so that "bobby" becomes "bobby "...
or do I have to make a procedure for usernames that adds spaces?

Statistics: Posted by slashem — Fri Sep 13, 2002 6:57 pm

help with format

2002-09-13T18:53:48-04:00

Either use a fixed width (9 chars or whatever is your nick or handle length) of pass trough every element of the list looking for the longest. Then use that for formating length. I am not aware of any other way to do that except to script it as i said.

Statistics: Posted by darko`` — Fri Sep 13, 2002 6:53 pm

help with format

2002-09-13T15:18:13-04:00

Code:

putserv "notice $nick : | [lindex $something 0] | [lindex $something $1] | [lindex $something 2]"

is what I have now..

Statistics: Posted by slashem — Fri Sep 13, 2002 3:18 pm