lcd2LineDisplay Function

lcd2LineDisplay.ino

void lcd2LineDisplay(String UpString, String DownString, int delaytime) {
	//LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 16, 2); //Create a new LiquidCrystal_I2C object if one hasn't been globally created
	//lcd.backlight(); //Turn on backlight everytime the function runs
	lcd.clear();
	delay(500);
	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
	lcd.print(UpString);
	lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
	lcd.print(DownString);

	if (UpString.length() > 16 || DownString.length() > 16) {
		int chlimit = 20;
		if (UpString.length() >= DownString.length() ? chlimit = UpString.length() : chlimit = DownString.length());
		int count = 0;
		delay(1000);
		while (count < chlimit - 15) {
			lcd.scrollDisplayLeft();
			delay(700);
			count++;
		}
	}
	delay(delaytime);
}