microsoft.public.excel.programming

Martin Fishlock

12/15/2006 12:19:00 PM

Simon:

You can use spc(x) or tab(x).

In your situation it is probably easier to print the integer part and then
the decimal.
using format to get the right spacing.
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Hope this helps
Martin Fishlock
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"simonc" wrote:

> I know there is a simple answer to this, but I can't seem to find it in the
> help file. I am using the VBA print# statement to create a text file with
> numbers in right justified columns. One of the columns will contain a
> floating point value and I need to contol the output width of this so it
> lines up correctly. I don't want to use a fixed decimal point format because
> the output number might be anywhere in the range of 100000+ to less than 1,
> so I need to control the output to a fixed number of significant figures. I
> am sure there's a parameter where you can set the width of an output string,
> but I can't find it. Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks