no , you can create your alias names for the array address' in the buffer in any way that you prefer or just use array notation and have no alias' at all
I assume you are trying to achieve something like this where the minutes/seconds remain at a fixed location regardless of the other formatted field widths in either lap mode or not
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Re: LCDOUT command followed by variable data
comments begin with an apostrophe or a semicolon, so its a blank comment
richard - 15th March 2026, 23:52