Ghost characters behind output

[ou812]

I'm having trouble eliminating two characters that appear behind my counter value.
Printing blank spaces, as shown in "lesson 19" in the youtube series, only clears the entire second row, including my counter value. I doesn't matter if the value is 1,2,3,4,5 or even 6 characters long, these two lined characters always show up. Because the number varies in length, I can't just set the cursor to a location behind it and clear them.
I am using an UNO and a TC1602A-21T LCD.
Can anyone assist?
Thanks Much

Final_Code.ino (2.06 KB)

[anon73444976]

I can't see your code, but are you using println?

Please remember to use code tags when posting code

Because the number varies in length, I can't just set the cursor to a location behind it and clear them.

Actually, yes you could, because print/println return the number of characters you printed.

as shown in "lesson 19" in the youtube series,

I have no idea what that means.

[J-M-L]

in your code you do

lcd.print[color=red]ln[/color](buttonPushCounter  );

the two ugly character your see are due to using println() instead of print. You sent '\r' and '\n' to be displayed on the screen.

just do      lcd.print(buttonPushCounter);and you'll be fine

[ou812]

Thank you, J-M-L
that was the problem
my reference to the youtube series was a reply to "Chiedozie Nwankwo" on the tech Support team.
Thanks Again !!!

[anon73444976]

ou812:
my reference to the youtube series was a reply to "Chiedozie Nwankwo" on the tech Support team.

Nope, still not getting it.

[PaulRB]

TheMemberFormerlyKnownAsAWOL:
Nope, still not getting it.

I think it's a joke name, sir. Like "Sillius Soddus" or "Biggus Dickus".

[anon73444976]

PaulRB:
I think it's a joke name, sir. Like "Sillius Soddus" or "Biggus Dickus".

Does he rank higher than anyone in Rome?

[ou812]

NO, really.....here's a capture

[anon73444976]

I thought the Uno had a 328? :o