Writing integer value out to LCD on DE2 board

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I'm using the university program 16x2 character display component in SOPC builder and i can write text to the LCD via a C program in NIOS II no problem. eg ... 

 alt_up_character_lcd_string(char_lcd_dev, "Hello Altera Forum!");   But, i have a 7 bit PIO value defined as# define switches (volatile char*) 0x00101060   How can i display this on the LCD ? i know how to do it with standard C and printf but not this.  I have looked through the document for this component and there is another function called alt_up_character_lcd_write but it doesn't give an example of it should be used

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Why not format a string first? 

 char str[80]; int data;  data = <read from the LED> sprintf(str, "LED value is 0x%X", data);  alt_up_character_lcd_string(char_lcd_dev, str);  Cheers, Dave

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--- Quote Start ---  Why not format a string first?  char str[80]; int data;  data = <read from the LED> sprintf(str, "LED value is 0x%X", data);  alt_up_character_lcd_string(char_lcd_dev, str);  Cheers, Dave  --- Quote End ---    Dave you're a hero. I didn't think i could do it like that. Works a charm   Thankyou

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Great! 

 Cheers, Dave