Re: [MacPerl] A puzzling sprintf error

[Bart Lateur]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 15:39:25 -0500, Vic Norton wrote:

>    $string = sprintf "%.2f\%", $x * 100;
>
>works fine ($string = 6.12%), but it produces an
>
>   Invalid conversion in sprintf: end of string
>
>error message.

Note that 

        "%.2f\%"

is exactly the same as

        "%.2f%"

but you're on the wrong track. The escape mechanism in (s)printf
templates is to double the percent sign, in order to get just one.

-- 
        Bart.