Hardware Acceleration and Uses

[SMcNeill]

Question:  What is all this crapola?

j = Len(button$(k)): a$ = " " + button$(k) + " "
Mid$(a$, 1, j))

Isn't this just adding a space in front of the button$(k) and removing one letter off the right of button$(k)?

Why not:  a$ = " " + LEFT$(button$(k), LEN(button$(k) -1)

Then you can get rid of the variable j, and simplify those MID$ statements to just a$.