You are right, Format does fine, and it probably is a shell error (in message
window, in bold type whereas other dx messages and warnings are in reg. type -
"sh: syntax error at line 1: '{' unexpected". The barfing does not happen until
Import.So what "shell" am I in and how do I fix this. On Dec 21, 1:05pm, Chris Pelkie wrote: > Subject: Re: [opendx-users] Format module > >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. > > Chris Pelkie > Vice President/Scientific Visualization Producer > Conceptual Reality Presentations, Inc. > 30 West Meadow Drive > Ithaca, NY 14850 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-- End of excerpt from Chris Pelkie
