Subj : Right Justify
To   : DesotoFireflite
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Dec 29 2020 03:15 pm

  Re: Right Justify
  By: DesotoFireflite to Digital Man on Tue Dec 29 2020 04:44 pm

 >   Re: Right Justify
 >   By: Digital Man to DesotoFireflite on Mon Dec 28 2020 02:37 pm
 >
 >  DM> var lastCallerStr = format("\1h\1c%5u \1h\1c%5u", tlogons, firstOn);
 >
 >  DM> That print the integers ('u' means unsigned integer) right-justified to
 >  DM> 5 characters (minimum), using spaces for padding. If you wanted
 >  DM> 0-padding instead, then you'd specify "%05u". If you want
 >  DM> left-justification, use "%-5u". --
 >
 > Ok, I think I got that, and I have managed to make it work with different
 > colors for anything that uses strictly numbers, but lets say there is a
 > alias field, and a date field, if I use the u, which applies to intergers, I
 > get <error> in the field, and if I leave out the padding and justifaction, I
 > get a blank screen.
 >
 > var lastCallerStr = format("\1h\1c%5u \1h\1r%2u \1h\1g%2u", tlogons, age,
 > sec);
 >
 > The above works as is, but what would I use instead of a u to format the
 > alias and a date field with color. I tried to find the answer on my own
 > looking at the js object model, but no luck. I guess what do i use in place
 > of the u for text and dates.
 >
 > var lastCallerStr = "\1h\1b" + alias + " " + "\1h\1y" + lastOn;
 >
 > Thanks, as always. I beginning to think, that this is way over my head :(

You would use %s instead of %u:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf_format_string
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