>   Re: %12s
 >   By: Digital Man to The Millionaire on Sat Jul 20 2019 03:08 am

 >  >> On line 126 and 128 there is a %12s variable in the text.dat file.
 >  >> what is this for?

 >  DM> text.dat string that contain % specifiers are for variable
 >  DM> replacements. The "names" of these strings usually end in "Fmt" (for
 >  DM> "format" and the syntax is consistent with the C printf-style
 >  DM> functions. 

 >  DM> So %12s means: a string of text, at least 12 characters wide,
 >  DM> right-justified. 

 > There are other % specifiers on that line too.  I wonder if he was asking
 > what specifically that %12s is for (i.e., what gets replaced for that one).


I am sure he can connect-the-dots :-)  


My teachers always said "You can't make a living looking out a window!", they
were wrong,  I drive truck :-P

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