Format$ is returning blank strings

[AlexDJ]

Hello!

I'm using format to format a number in exactly 15 characters but this is returning a blank string, does anyone have an idea why?
So far only text works eg. "ABC", not numbers.

This is just a reduced demonstration i typed right now:
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Private Sub ApplyCaption()
Dim vSPC as string

vSPC = string(15," ")

lbldemo.caption = format$(str (VarInteger),vSPC)

End Sub
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Thanks a lot, I'm almost finished my freeware game and this is really getting in the way!

Alex Pineda

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[moebious]

Look up format in the help file i think you will find that when you set your format you need to use symbols instead of space characters
format(blah,"*****")

[coolbiz]

Not sure how exactly you wanna format the number. But if you have 123 and you want the output to be 000000000000123, the code below should do it.

Format(CStr(IntVal), "000000000000000")

-Cool Bizs