Re: printf and fprintf for "%"

[Keith Goodman]

On 5/29/05, Jun Ohta <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> a = "%"
> a = %
> >> printf(a)
> error: fprintf: invalid format specified
> error: evaluating assignment expression near line 35, column 12
> error: evaluating if command near line 34, column 3
> error: called from `printf' in file
> `/usr/local/share/octave/2.1.50/m/io/printf.m'
> >>

You forgot to tell printf how to format the string:

>> a="%"
a = %
>> printf("%s",a)
%>> printf("%s\n",a)
%



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