> printf will insert items of the right argument in the left argument > where specified. > So: > 'The population of %s\n' printf 'R' > The population of R > However 'Ralegih' is not one item, but a list of 7. You need to box it > to make it a single item: > 'The population of %s\n' printf <'Raleigh' > The population of Raleigh
Yay, boxing and unboxing! Thanks, though, that will work nicely. > When starting a new thread, please don't reply to a message from a > previous thread - even if you change the subject it isn't recognized as > a new thread. Start a new message instead. Weird, I have been doing just that for all my life. I guess there is a header that has a message thread id? I was wondering why archives had so many mis-threaded emails ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm