In article <1990Aug2.162651.8083 at uunet!unhd>, rgd at uunet!unhd (Roger G Desroches II) writes: > printf("%[format]s\n",array[i]); > ^^^^^^^^ > this is what I want to do. Do it this way: printf("%*s\n", format, array[i]); -- --Andrew Koenig ark at europa.att.com