Re: printf and fprintf for "%"

[Jun Ohta]

Thank you for all of your responses. Those are so helpful. Jun

Keith Goodman wrote:
>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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