That should work.  But if you are only using a couple of formats, I have
found it is better not to use printf.  For example, I use 3 digits with or
without a decimal place.   The routine that does the equivalent of
printf("%5d",data); is quite a bit smaller since it doesn't have to handle
float, hex, etc.  I had to decide to store some numbers with an implied
decimal place, but it was well worth it.

Bruce Partridge
http://www.rebreather.ca

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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Jan-Erik Soderholm
> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 12:29 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [PIC]: Reduce flicker on Graphic LCD?
>
>
> Thomas wrote :
>
> > It is a little more complicated.  Let's say I have
> > these codes:
> >  data = 12345;
> >  printf("%d",data);  // LCD scr displays "12345"
> >  data = 9;
> >  printf("%d",data);  // LCD scr displays: "92345"
>
> Hi.
> I'm not sure what C compiler you use, but does it
> accept the following :
>
> data = 12345;
> printf("%5d",data);
> data = 9;
> printf("%5d",data);
>
> That should provide with "padding" with space
> characters up to 5 characters total. Not sure if it
> will be left or right padding....
>
>
> Regards
> Jan-Erik.
>
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