Using non standard characters with a format statement

[Mark Smith]

I'd guess that the engine thinks that "plat" is a function, and the  
(1) is a parameter...so assuming that "guess,plat(1)" is a string you  
want to format, simply enclosing it in quotes should cure the  
problem, so:

put format("%11s %9s\n" , "guess, plat(1)")  into fld "myReport"

if 'guess' is a variable then

put format("%11s %9s\n" , guess, "plat(1)")  into fld "myReport"

Best,

Mark

On 19 Apr 2007, at 21:03, Glen Bojsza wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying figure out if it is possible to use the format command  
> with non
> standard characters like ( ) /
>
> put format("%11s %9s\n" , guess, plat(1)) into fld "myReport"
>
> errors
>
> if I use
>
> put format("%11s %9s\n" , guess, plat1) into fld "myReport"
>
> then it works.
>
> Unfortunately I will need to include the () for the report.
>
> Is there any way to accomplish this within the format command?
>
> thanks,
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