[Arkarr]

The title might looks dumb, but I atually ran in that problem. How can I print the '%' ? I know in C++ it's the '%' followed by another '%' :
"This is a pourcent : 86.76%%" -> PRODUCE -> This is a pourcent : 86.76%
But it sourcemod it apperently doesn't work this way, it just create a blank space.
Also, I'm using "multicolors" to print my message using CPrintToChat. Might play a role in all this stuff.

[psychonic]

PrintToChatAll("%%"); will print a "%".

It's very possible that the included function you're using is doing something goofy.

[WildCard65]

Wouldn't %% fed into VFormat correctly do 1 % remaining and then having it fed into another function that does formatting result in last remaining % being consumed?

Try "%%%%" when feeding "%" to be displayed into functions that will double format.

Logic flow:
1) Input string containing "%%" instead of "%%%%" is fed into a function that formats the string (like Format native)
2) Output contains "%" instead of "%%"
3) Given output is then fed as format string into another method that does string formatting (like Format native)
4) Output has the remaining "%" consumed instead of formatting a "%%". It's at this point where stuff like "%%s" will yield an obvious issue.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by WildCard65 Wouldn't %% fed into VFormat correctly do 1 % remaining and then having it fed into another function that does formatting result in last remaining % being consumed? Try "%%%%" when feeding "%" to be displayed into functions that will double format. Logic flow: 1) Input string containing "%%" instead of "%%%%" is fed into a function that formats the string (like Format native) 2) Output contains "%" instead of "%%" 3) Given output is then fed as format string into another method that does string formatting (like Format native) 4) Output has the remaining "%" consumed instead of formatting a "%%". It's at this point where stuff like "%%s" will yield an obvious issue.

Don't double-format strings.

So, instead of doing this:

PHP Code:

Format(percentString, sizeof(outString), "%d%%", myNum);
PrintToChat(client, percentString); 


do this:

PHP Code:

Format(percentString, sizeof(outString), "%d%%", myNum);
PrintToChat(client, "%s", percentString); 


I know this is a really contrived example, but it shows how to correctly handle passing an already formatted string to a Format function like PrintToChat.

On a side note, I fixed this in colors.inc a long time ago; I have no idea which version of colors.inc multicolors was based on.

[Miu]

https://github.com/Bara20/Multi-Colo...colors.inc#L44
https://github.com/Bara20/Multi-Colo...colors.inc#L82
https://github.com/Bara20/Multi-Colo...colors.inc#L50

[Arkarr]

Yep, as pointed above, include problem. Problem fixed !

[Powerlord]

Also, I should probably facepalm for not realizing that it wasn't necessarily multicolors but could also be the plugin calling CPrintToChat that needed to be fixed. Whoops.

Anyway, the double-format thing should be tossed onto the wiki somewhere as a potential gotcha if it isn't already.

Edit: Oh, it was multicolors... it was updated earlier today. So, you should update multicolors in your plugin if you use it.

[WildCard65]

Originally Posted by Powerlord Don't double-format strings. So, instead of doing this: PHP Code: Format(percentString, sizeof(outString), "%d%%", myNum); PrintToChat(client, percentString);  do this: PHP Code: Format(percentString, sizeof(outString), "%d%%", myNum); PrintToChat(client, "%s", percentString);  I know this is a really contrived example, but it shows how to correctly handle passing an already formatted string to a Format function like PrintToChat. On a side note, I fixed this in colors.inc a long time ago; I have no idea which version of colors.inc multicolors was based on.

Woops, forgot that "%s" can bypass need of accidental double formatting if it's used by itself with param match being true formatted string.