>I have a list of strings which I am formatting using !%s %s %s.... The strings
>are parameter (and file) names obtained from Selectors. I then import an
>external C program using the formatted statement. The problem is there are
>parentheses in many of the parameter names, and the format module will
>barf for
>these cases. How can I format these names to overlook the () ?
>
>Is this a dx issue or merely a standard programming (I always did hate format
>statements !) thing.
>
>Regards,
>Sharon

It's definitely an error from Format? or from the shell? I just hooked up
two String interactors to Format with template "%s %s", both strings are
"(test)" (no quotes of course) and Echo. Outputs "(test)(test)" as
expected. No errors. OpenDX 4.1.0 on SGI 6.5.

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