-- Goes from 60: -- ,-========================-, -- | Incorrect password | -- | | -- | | -- | Locked for 60 seconds | -- |__________________________| -- And when it hits 9: -- ,-========================-, -- | Incorrect password | -- | | -- | | -- | Locked for 9 seconds | -- |__________________________| -- All you could do is just: print(" ,-========================-,") print(" | Incorrect password |") print(" | |") print(" | |") if locked < 10 then print(" | Locked for "..locked.." seconds |") -- With an extra space at the end else print(" | Locked for "..locked.." seconds |") -- Without the extra space end print(" |__________________________|")