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> |That letter is the Yen symbol. Have you tried printf("%\"?). Reading
> |the source implies that he looks for \, but I couldn't see any test
> for
> |it like I could for %. And % is explicitely called out..
> |
> |* "%" sign followed by anything else prints that character.
> |
> |-- chris prosser
> |
> |Here is the comment from the pcode source:
> |at http://handyboard.com/software/pcode.asm
> |
> |*****************************************************************
> |*
> |* Pprintf print formatted string
> |*
> |* takes following on stack:
> |*
> |* ssss string ptr to formatting string
> |* aaaa arg1 \
> |* bbbb arg2 |-- optional args: ints, floats, or
> |* cccc arg3 / string ptrs.
> |* nnnn # of arg bytes (NOT including initial fmt string)
> |*
> |* returns with zero on stack.
> |*
> |* accepts following formatting controls:
> |*
> |* "%d" decimal-printed integer
> |* "%x" hex-printed integer
> |* "%f" floating-point number
> |* "%s" null-terminated char string
> |* "%c" ascii-printed byte (low byte of int)
> |* "%b" binary-printed byte (low byte of int)
> |*
> |* "%" sign followed by anything else prints that character.
> |*
> |* 0x0a end-of-line (clears screen when another
> |* char is printed)
> |*
> |* guarantees printing up to 80 characters; a given printf that
> |* tries to print more than 80 characters runs the risk of the
> |* excess characters being truncated.
> |*
> |* uses following routines:
> |*
> |* check_printbuffer returns # of free bytes in string
> |* buffer in D.
> |*
> |* putchar places A in string buffer.
> |* returns with C set if failed.
> |* preserves B, X reg.
> |*
> |* putchar_always places A in string buffer, despite
> |* putchar claiming it's full (putchar
> |* always lies and saves you one char.)
> |*
> |
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Golder" <purenrg@iastate.edu>
To: <lugnet.robotics.handyboard@lugnet.com>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: printf question
> I have also tried this idea. Thanks for the suggestion though. To be • more
> exact about the character I am getting though, it is a letter Y with two
> dashes in it. Each dash being a third from the top and a third from the
> bottom. I am at my wits end. Any help would be appreciated. I have also
> tried different boards and LCD panels to make sure it wasn't that.
> Once again, thanks in advance.
> -Nick
> At 10:11 AM 12/4/2000 -0500, Brat Wizard wrote:
> > The correct syntax would be:
> >
> > printf("\\\n");
> >
> > The problem you're having is that the '\' character is a special • character
> > and needs to be escaped. The newline is also a special character and • needs
> > to be escaped. In your example, which one is being escaped??? The correct
> > way is to escape them both.
> >
> > Hope this helps-
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > Nick Golder wrote:
> > > I am having a problem with this line:
> > > printf("\\n");
> > >
> > > It is print some strange ASCII character that looks like an upside down
> > > broom and I need it to print just a "\" (minus the parenths of course). • I
> > > have also tried
> > > this:
> > > int d;
> > > d=92;
> > > printf("%c",d);
> > > I still get the same result.
> > > I am using IC 2.81. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > -Nick
> > > purenrg@iastate.edu
> >
> > --
> > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> > | "I'll give up my modem when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers!" |
> > | John Whitten -
> > brat@naxs.com <http://www.wizard.org>http://www.wizard.org • |
> > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
>
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