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Hello, i'm new here and i have a question.
I connected the JHD204a LCD display to Arduino Duemilanove. I get positioning the cursor, and printing simple things. Now i started another project and i need help. Is there any way to print something like this

Code:

The values are: X;Y;Z;//X,Y,Z are variables

I started like this:

Code:

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
int z = 0;

void setup() {
  lcd.begin(20, 4);
  lcd.print("Hello World");
}

void loop() {
  lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
  x=millis()/1000;
  lcd.print(x);
  lcd.setCursor(2, 1);
  lcd.print(";");
  y=x*2;
  lcd.setCursor(3, 1);
  lcd.print(y);
  z=y*2;
  lcd.setCursor(5, 1);
  lcd.print(";");
  lcd.setCursor(6, 1);
  lcd.print(z);
}

This prints pretty much what i need, until some of the variables reach 3-digits, then print overlaps. Is there any way to automatically move the ";" markers to make room for more digits. Thx in advance

[Reply #1 on:]

I have wondered the same thing.  Like having a variable in the command -  lcd.setCursor(p, 1); and converting data into strings of a fixed length.
I have found that using leading zeros, like

  lcd.print(minute);
  lcd.print(":");
     if ((second) < 10)
  {
    lcd.print("0");
  };
   lcd.print(second);

and junk-clearing blanks like

  lcd.print("     ");

suffice so far.....

[Reply #2 on:]

What I do in those cases is to form a string / buffer and send that buffer to the lcd in one shot.

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Thanks for quick reply. I will try this.