Hi there inmates, is it too early in the year for one of my dumb questions? No? Okay then! I want my error messages to be output in a nice little box made of asterisks (whether to STD or a file) - no real problem there. However these messages may be multiple lines of different sizes and the text should be centered(based on the largest line supplied)! I had a look at the manual and thought printf/sprintf would suffice - not as far as I can see. How about pack? This may do but I can't seem to find any way of ensuring the text is centre justified. Am I on the right tracks or is there an abvious way to do this? Any ideas? Thanks in aniicipation, Ronnie

20050203 Edit by castaway: Changed title from 'Pack Problem?'

In reply to Special formatting of error messages by Ronnie

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