Hmmm thanks for that Marshall. I had had a look at printf, but by that point I'd already gone down the format path as it was the first recommendation I'd received - and it seemed to work fine for me first up.

I should certainly be able to modify some printf calls to get the output I'm after. Just need it to look all purdy on-screen so the user can browse the data relatively easily to pick out the one they're after. Edit: modified my code while I was drafting up this response, and it does indeed do what I'm after, so thanks again for that.

Having said that... I'd still love to know why it is that what I'm using at present isn't working as expected. I'm sure it must be something fundamental I'm doing wrong - but it would be nice to know for future reference (if not only for myself, but others that might be looking at doing similar) what it is. It's certainly been rather frustrating to try and work it out ;)

In reply to Re^2: Assistance fixing a "format" call by bobdabuilda
in thread Assistance fixing a "format" call by bobdabuilda

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