printing a string with % using sprintf

[Venkat Venkataraju]

Hi All

I'm having problems printing a string with a % char. Here is the code

line = sprintf("<table width=100% id=%s>\n", $table_id);

I'm getting an not enough parameter error. The % for the 100% is being
mis interepreted as a format char. Though i worked around by coding it
line = sprintf("<table width=100%s id=%s>\n", '%', $table_id);, i think
there should be a way with which the % can be escaped PHP.

The PHP documention does not have any info about this. if anyone has
come accross such problems and found a work around, please help me out.

Thanks
/V

[Jay Moore]

Re: printing a string with % using sprintf

Double % sign.

sprintf("<table width='100%%' id='%s'>\n", $table_id);

-Jay


Venkat Venkataraju wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi All
>
> I'm having problems printing a string with a % char. Here is the code
>
> line = sprintf("<table width=100% id=%s>\n", $table_id);
>
> I'm getting an not enough parameter error. The % for the 100% is being
> mis interepreted as a format char. Though i worked around by coding it
> line = sprintf("<table width=100%s id=%s>\n", '%', $table_id);, i think
> there should be a way with which the % can be escaped PHP.
>
> The PHP documention does not have any info about this. if anyone has
> come accross such problems and found a work around, please help me out.
>
> Thanks
> /V[/color]

[Venkat Venkataraju]

Re: printing a string with % using sprintf


Jay Moore wrote:[color=blue]
> Double % sign.
>
> sprintf("<table width='100%%' id='%s'>\n", $table_id);
>[/color]
doesn't seems to work. it still asks for more parms. i also did \%, but
it is not working either.

/V

[Jay Moore]

Re: printing a string with % using sprintf



Venkat Venkataraju wrote:
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>
> Jay Moore wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Double % sign.
>>
>> sprintf("<table width='100%%' id='%s'>\n", $table_id);
>>[/color]
> doesn't seems to work. it still asks for more parms. i also did \%, but
> it is not working either.
>
> /V[/color]

Works just fine for me. Make sure you don't have any typos.

-Jay

[Inuyasha4Life]

Re: printing a string with % using sprintf

Venkat Venkataraju wrote:
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> Hi All
>
> I'm having problems printing a string with a % char. Here is the code
>
> line = sprintf("<table width=100% id=%s>\n", $table_id);
>
> I'm getting an not enough parameter error. The % for the 100% is being
> mis interepreted as a format char. Though i worked around by coding it
> line = sprintf("<table width=100%s id=%s>\n", '%', $table_id);, i think
> there should be a way with which the % can be escaped PHP.
>
> The PHP documention does not have any info about this. if anyone has
> come accross such problems and found a work around, please help me out.
>
> Thanks
> /V[/color]

If it's anything like C++ (as PHP usually is), and if I remember my c++
correctly, it's going to be %%. Try that.

-- Inuyasha4Life

[Five Cats]

Re: printing a string with % using sprintf

In message <h138c.15249$t1 6.8617070@newss vr28.news.prodi gy.com>, Venkat
Venkataraju <segfault@?.?.i nvalid> writes[color=blue]
>Hi All
>
>I'm having problems printing a string with a % char. Here is the code
>
>line = sprintf("<table width=100% id=%s>\n", $table_id);
>
>I'm getting an not enough parameter error. The % for the 100% is being
>mis interepreted as a format char. Though i worked around by coding it
>line = sprintf("<table width=100%s id=%s>\n", '%', $table_id);, i think
>there should be a way with which the % can be escaped PHP.
>
>The PHP documention does not have any info about this. if anyone has
>come accross such problems and found a work around, please help me
>out.[/color]

You have a percent literal in the line. You can just concatenate it:

line = "<table width=100% id=" . $tableid . ">\n";



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[Michiel Overtoom]

Re: printing a string with % using sprintf

Venkat Venkataraju <segfault\"@\"n ospam.sbcglobal .net> wrote:
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> line = sprintf("<table width=100% id=%s>\n", $table_id);[/color]

This will work:

line = sprintf("<table width=100%s id=%s>\n", '%', $table_id);


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