sprintf throws warning with % in string

Question

I am using sprintf on some html that contains a table:

<table width="100%"....

It seems that % symbol is causing warnings. How do I properly escape that character?

Doing

<table width="100%%"....

Strips the trailing " as well as the % symbol giving me

<table width="100 border="0"...

OK, it was PEBKAC. I was sprintf'in it twice. – Bernard Lechler Jan 10 '14 at 16:47 — Bernard Lechler, Jan 10 '14 at 16:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '14 at 16:29

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You need to escape it with another %:

<table width="100%%"....

answered Jan 10 '14 at 16:29

John Conde

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