How to add space to formatting - string-formatting

Question

Im new to coding, and found a script that writes the song and artist into a txt file called PlayLog.txt. When i use the script, it works as intended, however I do not know how to add space to the end of the output.
so instead of "[song] by [artist]" I would like "[song] by [artist] + 8 spaces"
that way the scrolling text in my OBS doesnt merge the end of the artist with the beginning of the song.
; This script displays the currently playing song from the pandora one app
;
; Any future updates can be found at http://notunusual.net/pandoraone_autohotkey/
;
; This function relies heavily on the excellent tray icon script by Sean, the original version
; of these functions can be found here - http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic17314.html
;
; Updates to the tray icon functions originally by Fanatic Guru, as per the following link:
; http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/94573-autohotkey-startup-consolidate-ahk-scripts-tray-icons/?p=595938
;
; Further updates to the tray icon functions and to this script in general by RiseUp.
; Make the script work even if the window is hidden
DetectHiddenWindows, on
; Only allow a single instance of the script
#SingleInstance
LogFileDir := A_AppData . "\notunusual\PandoraOne\"
LogFile := LogFileDir . "PlayLog.txt"
FileCreateDir, %LogFileDir%
if (ErrorLevel = 1)
{
MsgBox "Error creating directory!"
}
prevArtist := ""
prevSong := ""
while (true)
{
GetCurrentPlayingSong(curSong, curArtist)
if (((curSong <> prevSong) or (curArtist <> prevArtist)) and ((curSong <> "") and (curArtist <> "")))
{
prevSong := curSong
prevArtist := curArtist
FileDelete, %LogFile%
if ErrorLevel
MsgBox, Error deleting PlayLog.txt!
FileAppend %prevSong% by %prevArtist%, %LogFile%
}
; This is how often a check will be done, a sleep of 1000 means every 1 second we'll check the value
Sleep, 1000
}
; This returns the current song in the format Song by Artist, this can easily be changed to
; whatever format is desired
GetCurrentPlayingSong(ByRef songName, ByRef artist, space)
{
TI := TrayIconsSearch("Pandora.exe")
StringSplit,TIV, TI, |
toolTip := RegExReplace(TIV9, "Tooltip: ")
StringSplit, toolTipArray, toolTip, `n
songName := toolTipArray2
artist := RegExReplace( toolTipArray3, "by " )
}
TrayIconsSearch(sTerm)
{
Tray_Icons := {}
Tray_Icons := TrayIcons(sTerm)
if A_OSVersion in WIN_VISTA,WIN_7,WIN_8
{
arr := {}
arr := TrayIconsOverflow(sTerm)
for index, element in arr
Tray_Icons.Insert(element)
arr := ""
}
for index, element in Tray_Icons
sTrayIcons .= "idx: " . element.idx . " | idn: " . element.idn . " | Pid: " . element.pid . " | uID: " . element.uID . " | MessageID: " . element.MessageID . " | hWnd: " . element.hWnd . " | Class: " . element.Class . " | Process: " . element.Process . "`n" . " | Tooltip: " . element.Tooltip . "`n`n"
Return sTrayIcons
}
TrayIcons(sExeName = "")
{
arr := {}
Setting_A_DetectHiddenWindows := A_DetectHiddenWindows
DetectHiddenWindows, On
WinGet, pidTaskbar, PID, ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
hProc:= DllCall("OpenProcess", "Uint", 0x38, "int", 0, "Uint", pidTaskbar)
pProc:= DllCall("VirtualAllocEx", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 32, "Uint", 0x1000, "Uint", 0x4)
idxTB:= GetTrayBar()
SendMessage, 0x418, 0, 0, ToolbarWindow32%idxTB%, ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd ; TB_BUTTONCOUNT
Loop, %ErrorLevel%
{
SendMessage, 0x417, A_Index-1, pProc, ToolbarWindow32%idxTB%, ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd ; TB_GETBUTTON
VarSetCapacity(btn,32,0), VarSetCapacity(nfo,32,0)
DllCall("ReadProcessMemory", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", pProc, "Uint", &btn, "Uint", 32, "Uint", 0)
iBitmap := NumGet(btn, 0)
idn := NumGet(btn, 4)
Statyle := NumGet(btn, 8)
If dwData := NumGet(btn,12,"Uint")
iString := NumGet(btn,16)
Else dwData := NumGet(btn,16,"int64"), iString:=NumGet(btn,24,"int64")
DllCall("ReadProcessMemory", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", dwData, "Uint", &nfo, "Uint", 32, "Uint", 0)
If NumGet(btn,12,"Uint")
hWnd := NumGet(nfo, 0)
, uID := NumGet(nfo, 4)
, nMsg := NumGet(nfo, 8)
, hIcon := NumGet(nfo,20)
Else hWnd := NumGet(nfo, 0,"int64"), uID:=NumGet(nfo, 8,"Uint"), nMsg:=NumGet(nfo,12,"Uint")
WinGet, pid, PID, ahk_id %hWnd%
WinGet, sProcess, ProcessName, ahk_id %hWnd%
WinGetClass, sClass, ahk_id %hWnd%
If !sExeName || (sExeName = sProcess) || (sExeName = pid)
VarSetCapacity(sTooltip,128), VarSetCapacity(wTooltip,128*2)
, DllCall("ReadProcessMemory", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", iString, "Uint", &wTooltip, "Uint", 128*2, "Uint", 0)
, DllCall("WideCharToMultiByte", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "str", wTooltip, "int", -1, "str", sTooltip, "int", 128, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
, Index = arr.MaxIndex()>0 ? arr.MaxIndex()+1 : 1
, arr[Index,"idx"] := A_Index-1
, arr[Index,"idn"] := idn
, arr[Index,"Pid"] := Pid
, arr[Index,"uID"] := uID
, arr[Index,"MessageID"] := nMsg
, arr[Index,"hWnd"] := hWnd
, arr[Index,"Class"] := sClass
, arr[Index,"Process"] := sProcess
, arr[Index,"Tooltip"] := (A_IsUnicode ? wTooltip : sTooltip)
}
DllCall("VirtualFreeEx", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", pProc, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0x8000)
DllCall("CloseHandle", "Uint", hProc)
DetectHiddenWindows, %Setting_A_DetectHiddenWindows%
Return arr
}
TrayIconsOverflow(sExeName = "")
{
arr := {}
Setting_A_DetectHiddenWindows := A_DetectHiddenWindows
DetectHiddenWindows, On
WinGet, pidTaskbar, PID, ahk_class NotifyIconOverflowWindow
hProc:= DllCall("OpenProcess", "Uint", 0x38, "int", 0, "Uint", pidTaskbar)
pProc:= DllCall("VirtualAllocEx", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 32, "Uint", 0x1000, "Uint", 0x4)
idxTB:= 1
SendMessage, 0x418, 0, 0, ToolbarWindow32%idxTB%, ahk_class NotifyIconOverflowWindow ; TB_BUTTONCOUNT
Loop, %ErrorLevel%
{
SendMessage, 0x417, A_Index-1, pProc, ToolbarWindow32%idxTB%, ahk_class NotifyIconOverflowWindow ; TB_GETBUTTON
VarSetCapacity(btn,32,0), VarSetCapacity(nfo,32,0)
DllCall("ReadProcessMemory", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", pProc, "Uint", &btn, "Uint", 32, "Uint", 0)
iBitmap := NumGet(btn, 0)
idn := NumGet(btn, 4)
Statyle := NumGet(btn, 8)
If dwData := NumGet(btn,12,"Uint")
iString := NumGet(btn,16)
Else dwData := NumGet(btn,16,"int64"), iString:=NumGet(btn,24,"int64")
DllCall("ReadProcessMemory", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", dwData, "Uint", &nfo, "Uint", 32, "Uint", 0)
If NumGet(btn,12,"Uint")
hWnd := NumGet(nfo, 0)
, uID := NumGet(nfo, 4)
, nMsg := NumGet(nfo, 8)
, hIcon := NumGet(nfo,20)
Else hWnd := NumGet(nfo, 0,"int64"), uID:=NumGet(nfo, 8,"Uint"), nMsg:=NumGet(nfo,12,"Uint")
WinGet, pid, PID, ahk_id %hWnd%
WinGet, sProcess, ProcessName, ahk_id %hWnd%
WinGetClass, sClass, ahk_id %hWnd%
If !sExeName || (sExeName = sProcess) || (sExeName = pid)
VarSetCapacity(sTooltip,128), VarSetCapacity(wTooltip,128*2)
, DllCall("ReadProcessMemory", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", iString, "Uint", &wTooltip, "Uint", 128*2, "Uint", 0)
, DllCall("WideCharToMultiByte", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "str", wTooltip, "int", -1, "str", sTooltip, "int", 128, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
, Index = arr.MaxIndex()>0 ? arr.MaxIndex()+1 : 1
, arr[Index,"idx"] := A_Index-1
, arr[Index,"idn"] := idn
, arr[Index,"Pid"] := Pid
, arr[Index,"uID"] := uID
, arr[Index,"MessageID"] := nMsg
, arr[Index,"hWnd"] := hWnd
, arr[Index,"Class"] := sClass
, arr[Index,"Process"] := sProcess
, arr[Index,"Tooltip"] := (A_IsUnicode ? wTooltip : sTooltip)
}
DllCall("VirtualFreeEx", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", pProc, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0x8000)
DllCall("CloseHandle", "Uint", hProc)
DetectHiddenWindows, %Setting_A_DetectHiddenWindows%
Return arr
}
GetTrayBar()
{
ControlGet, hParent, hWnd,, TrayNotifyWnd1 , ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
ControlGet, hChild , hWnd,, ToolbarWindow321, ahk_id %hParent%
Loop
{
ControlGet, hWnd, hWnd,, ToolbarWindow32%A_Index%, ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
If Not hWnd
Break
Else If hWnd = %hChild%
{
idxTB := A_Index
Break
}
}
Return idxTB
}

Answer 1

Well... I'll bite. Here's the code you need to modify.
FileAppend %prevSong% by %prevArtist%, %LogFile%
Here's how I would modify it.
NewVar := prevSong . " by " . prevArtist . " "
FileAppend %NewVar%, %LogFile%
FYI, there were examples of this method in the code itself if you studied it for a moment you would see it.