%% in backslash code list? What's with that?

[Been bitten by LabVIEW]

I was looking at this page: backslash_codes_display off of NI site and noticed that it put %% in the code column with it being interpreted as a Percent.  I don't have LV 8.2, so I can't tell, but WHY?  What is the point of this code?  Or is this a mistake?

Thanks,

A

[Been bitten by LabVIEW]

I was looking at this page: backslash_codes_display off of NI site and noticed that it put %% in the code column with it being interpreted as a Percent.  I don't have LV 8.2, so I can't tell, but WHY?  What is the point of this code?  Or is this a mistake?

Thanks,

A

[Wayne.C]

Pretty sure that's a mistake.  '%' is definitely not  a 'non-displayable' (double negative?) character and LV8.2 and LV2009SP1 don't behave as described in that document when dealing with the '%' character.

[altenbach]

I am psting via phone, si I cannot test, but this looks like a copy/paste error from the formatting code page. In format statements, % has a special meaning, so to print it we need to double it.

[Been bitten by LabVIEW]

Yeah, figured as much.  Maybe too much windows batch programming? 😄

[altenbach]

Please file a bug report.

[Been bitten by LabVIEW]

Didn't find a place to do so.  That is why I am posting it here.

[altenbach]

Make a quick post over here in the bug thread and add a link to this discussion.

[smercurio_fc]

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@Been bitten by LabVIEW wrote:

Didn't find a place to do so.  That is why I am posting it here.

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http://sine.ni.com/apps/utf8/niae_asc.main

[Been bitten by LabVIEW]

Tried that web page already.  Need some valid service membership.  Sorry, but if I'm volunteering time out of my schedule to help out NI by reporting a problem, there is no way in H3LL I'm gonna pay for the privlage.

[Roy_F]

We'll file the bug report (referred to as a CAR - Corrective Action Report) and post the CAR number here when done.