no way around it?

[Neoyanderson]

df_%s_%t_%p

im trying to put the above as it is in a CString (VC++) but when i do so, I get a runtime error for obvious reasons. what do i do? is there a syntax thing im missing to make the %s, %t, %p purely characters?

 

[VincentP]

Try \% (\ means next character taken literally).

Vincent

 

[Neoyanderson]

nope i get the warning that the character is not recognized as an escape

 

[timmay3141]

You have to use %%.

 

[Cagliostro]

TimmayNxxx [LOL], don't forget you're working in C++,
Mister Anderson, I can't understand what is your problem, could you be a bit more specific?
Look, I've tried your code as I understood:

CString x("df_%s_%t_%p");
cout<< "hello world\nthis is x: "<< x<< endl;

and this is the output:
hello world
this is x: df_%s_%t_%p

Ion Filipski