FORMAT_STRING(1) FORMAT_STRING(1) NNAAMMEE _f_o_r_m_a_t___s_t_r_i_n_g_(_) - returns a formatted string like _s_p_r_i_n_t_f_(_) SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS string format_string(string format, mixed *variables) DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN Boggle me why this exists. It comes from the Portals Mudlib, so I must have brought it over when sockets first came out so the example code would not break. Don't use it, it is slow and pointless. SSEEEE AALLSSOO _a_r_r_a_n_g_e___s_t_r_i_n_g_(_), _c_e_n_t_e_r_(_), _f_o_r_m_a_t___p_a_g_e_(_), _p_r_i_n_t_f_(_), _s_p_r_i_n_t_f_(_), _w_r_a_p_(_) AAuutthhoorr Descartes of Borg 1