[gnurph69]

Is there a way to do either of the following:

a) have a print or debug force a certain number of digits to be used? I have a series of print statements running that give me a status in the output screen with a time check - but the time, if it's a single digit, reads funny - 10:3:8 means 10:03:08.

(print,|! Start Time: #<hh,0>:#<mm,0>:#<ss,0>)

I experimented with the digits after the hh / mm / ss, but I'm having a difficult time discerning what they actually do and I can't find a reference that tells me.

b) the other thing I tried was forcing mm / ss to be a text string using

if [#<mm> LT 10] then (txt,mm,0#<mm>)

but that didn't seem to do anything - I don't know if string concatenation is possible, but that might also solve this?

Thanks!

[PlanetCNC]

I agree that time without leading zeros looks funny.
Your solution with (txt will work after I fix IF..THEN statement (next version)

[gnurph69]

Okay - thank you. Is there a reference that explains the use of the digits after the parameter (example: #<hh,0>)?

Thank you.

[PlanetCNC]

I've added examples showing all current options:
https://cnc.zone/gcode/comments/comment-print