printToSprite query

[NYFB8888]

I want to use the printToSprite function, but it doesn't work as I would like.
I used the following code to test the function

for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
tft.setCursor(0, 0);
spr.setTextColor(TFT_WHITE, TFT_BLUE);
//spr.printToSprite(String(i)); //shows nothing but blue background
//spr.printToSprite(" "+String(i)); //A) shows only 1 and 4 on a blue background
//spr.printToSprite("0"+String(i)); //B) shows 01 02 etc. on a blue background
spr.printToSprite(" "+String(i)+" "); //C) shows 1 2 3 with spaces after and before digit
delay(500);
}
Question is possible to print a digit without any space prefix and suffix?

2. IDE both
3. TFT_eSPI library version the latest version
4. Board package version 2.0.11
5. Procesor, ESP32 ESP32-S3
6. TFT driver ILI9341 and ILI9486
7. Interface type SPI

[Bodmer]

No, this is due to the way the print stream sends the string character by character.

Instead use setTextDatum, setTextPadding and drawString functions. These are used in some of the examples.