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printing a string with % using sprintf

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
Jul 17 '05 #1
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Double % sign.

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

-Jay
Venkat Venkataraju wrote:
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


Jul 17 '05 #2

Jay Moore wrote:
Double % sign.

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

doesn't seems to work. it still asks for more parms. i also did \%, but
it is not working either.

/V
Jul 17 '05 #3


Venkat Venkataraju wrote:

Jay Moore wrote:
Double % sign.

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

doesn't seems to work. it still asks for more parms. i also did \%, but
it is not working either.

/V


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

-Jay

Jul 17 '05 #4
Venkat Venkataraju wrote:
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


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
Jul 17 '05 #5
In message <h1************ *********@newss vr28.news.prodi gy.com>, Venkat
Venkataraju <segfault@?.?.i nvalid> writes
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.


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

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

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Jul 17 '05 #6
Venkat Venkataraju <segfault\"@\"n ospam.sbcglobal .net> wrote:
line = sprintf("<table width=100% id=%s>\n", $table_id);


This will work:

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