Format Into String

Hello all,
I would like to format a string with "a white space" between each
string member. i am at odds as for the format, for the "format
string" in the Format Into String function. let me rephrase that...
the format which needs to be used to format the "FORMAT STRING" in the
Format Into String function.
i looked at the help, but it seemed very nebulous to me. all i need is
to have "a white space" or a "carriage return" between the string
members and store it to a file.
thank you,
cheers,
-U

> I would like to format a string with "a white space" between each
> string member. i am at odds as for the format, for the "format
> string" in the Format Into String function. let me rephrase that...
> the format which needs to be used to format the "FORMAT STRING" in the
> Format Into String function.
>
> i looked at the help, but it seemed very nebulous to me. all i need is
> to have "a white space" or a "carriage return" between the string
> members and store it to a file.
>
The format string is basically what ANSI C uses, but that string
function has a dialog to help you build it. Either double click the
node or right click and use the last item.
In the dialog, you can place a format string followed by an exact string
followed by another format
string. For the exact string you can enter a
space to output a white space, but to do a carriage return you have to
use a \n or \r.
Another way to do this, which I think is much easier and easier to read,
is to use the Concatonate Strings node with three inputs. To the top
wire the first string, to the middle wire a string constant from the
next to last row. This is a much cleaner way to do the constants. And
on the bottom input put the other string.
Format into String is much more powerful when appending many types of
data, but the simple append is clearer when it is powerful enough.
Greg McKaskle

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> I appreciate your effort to help me, but there is still a slight cloud
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> Lets start with the easy one which is the SECOND main thing you
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> "so your saying that I can use just one Create Tag.vi and one Read.vi
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> #1--How do I change the delimiter (TAB) to a delimiter (comma) in a
> Array to Spreadsheet String.vi?
> ...cut
I don't use this Spreadsheet VI, because files coming out there allways
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>
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> #4 you stated text strings need a "as prefix and sufix" and each
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Above, as I explained how the sample FP Logger.vi can be modified to do
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Oh, I just see by looking at the above mentioned example... Inside the
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