Accents on printf

Hello,

When I execute a program from Scipad with a printf with a format string with accents, conversion codes after the first accent are ignored. For instance, a program with the code

n = 5;
printf("\n%d! est égal à %d",n,factorial(n))
printf("\n%d! est egal à %d",n,factorial(n))
printf("\n%d! est egal a %d",n,factorial(n))

produces

5! est égal à %d
5! est egal à %d
5! est egal a 120

while, from the console, the same statement produces a correct output::

-->printf("\n%d! est égal à %d",n,factorial(n))

5! est égal à 120

Are there any restrictions on the use of accents on printf?

Thanks,

Osvaldo

Osvaldo Sergio Farhat de Carvalho said on 29/09/2009 20:44:
>
> When I execute a program from Scipad with a printf with a format string
> with accents, conversion codes after the first accent are ignored.

This is not a Scipad bug. It is a Scilab 5 bug.

Proof: put your code:

> n = 5;
> printf("\n%d! est égal à %d",n,factorial(n))

in a file printfbug.sce and then from Scilab:

-->exec "printfbug.sce";

5! est égal à %d
-->

> Are there any restrictions on the use of accents on printf?

Well, you have just found a regression in Scilab 5 that does not
happen with Scicoslab.

Francois

Thanks, François.

By the way, there is also a (perhaps related) bug with the input statement. The statement:

s = input("s = ","string")

shows the following behaviour on Scilab when you type a string with special characters:

s = François
s =

Fran

If you try this you will also note that the leading blanks on "s = " only appear after you press Enter.

I hope the development team will fix these bugs soon. In Brazil, as in France, we need to deal with special characters all the time.

Osvaldo




François Vogel ---29/09/2009 19:55:26---Osvaldo Sergio Farhat de Carvalho said on 29/09/2009 20:44:

De:	François Vogel <[hidden email]>
Para:	[hidden email]
Data:	29/09/2009 19:55
Assunto:	Re: [scilab-Users] Accents on printf

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Osvaldo Sergio Farhat de Carvalho said on 29/09/2009 20:44:
>
> When I execute a program from Scipad with a printf with a format string
> with accents, conversion codes after the first accent are ignored.

This is not a Scipad bug. It is a Scilab 5 bug.

Proof: put your code:

> n = 5;
> printf("\n%d! est égal à %d",n,factorial(n))

in a file printfbug.sce and then from Scilab:

-->exec "printfbug.sce";

5! est égal à %d
-->

> Are there any restrictions on the use of accents on printf?

Well, you have just found a regression in Scilab 5 that does not
happen with Scicoslab.

Francois

Le mardi 29 septembre 2009 à 21:07 -0300, Osvaldo Sergio Farhat de
Carvalho a écrit : For the "first bug", I am not able to reproduce it under Linux both for
the master branch or the 5.1.1.
For the one you just reported, this bug, among many other UTF-8-related
issues, has been fixed in the current master.

Sylvestre

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