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Writting of the '%' symbol with STR_SPRINTF command

1ondrej.petergac
Hello,
 
I am trying to write the results in the txt file with STR_SPRINTF command:
 
file text write file=(eval($_self.file_out)) newline=yes format=(eval(STR_SPRINTF("COG_height = %.2f ; %% %s", {$_self.GIRO_RIDE_Height, '[mm] COG height above road'})))
 
I have a problem with % symbol.
 
When I try to evaluate the function:
STR_SPRINTF("COG_height = %.2f ; %% %s", {$_self.GIRO_RIDE_Height, '[mm] COG height above road'})
in the function builder or in string variable then everything is working:
COG_height = 559.01 ; % [mm] COG height above road
 
When I use same expression in the macro, then I am getting an error message:
! ERROR: You have not supplied enough arguments for the given format writing to file "XYZ_Model_Report.txt" .
 
Does anybody has an idea what could be the reason for this behavior?
 
Thanks and best regards,
Ondrej
 
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    My usual approach when faced with such things is to introduce a backslash character to "escape" the problem character. So, for example try swapping %% with \% or \%\% or %\% - hack rapidly and then if it works, try to understand why afterwards.
     
    This approach comes from many years of working between the unix command line interpreter and shell scripts, which were infuriatingly similar but different. I suspect there is something about the way the function evaluator parses things (presumably interactively in A/View) and the way the macro command reader parses things non-interactively.
     
    You might also try examining the command window immediately after successfully evaluating the function; many times I have found the differences between what's in the function builder and what needs to go into a command file (usually quotes, escape characters, and so on) in this way.
     
    Let us know what you find.
     
    Damian
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    I'll second Damians shielding advice which woked in several combinations and programming languages.
     
    In ADAMS macros I use this to have a % appear in the text:
     
    !$comment_char:t=string:d="%"
    file text write format=("%s This is a Matlab comment") value ="$comment_char"
     
     
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    Hi Damian and Martin,
     
    thanks a lot for your replies.
     
    I have solved the problem - I have used different method:
     
    file text write file=(eval($_self.file_out)) newline=yes format=(eval(str_print("m = "//$_self.vehicle_mass_properties_mass//"; %% [kg] Vehicle total mass")))
     
    In this way the output file is written correctly, but it has limited possibilities.
     
    Ondrej
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