% sign in string objective c

Question

i am wondering how i do a % sign within a NSString, i have tried \% and \\%

possible duplicate of [How to add percent sign to NSString](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/739682/how-to-add-percent-sign-to-nsstring) — Felix Kling, Oct 11 '10 at 08:31

Prof. Falken · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-22T08:05:46.943

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Try %%.

Short question, short answer. :)

edited Aug 22 '11 at 08:05

answered Oct 11 '10 at 08:30

Prof. Falken

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '10 at 08:35

4

just put %% to use a % sign within objective c.

answered Oct 11 '10 at 08:35

Gyani

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 11 '10 at 08:35

4

There's no special escaping required for percent signs. Just write:

str = @"Rate of Return (in %)";

...unless you mean NSString stringWithFormat. But your question doesn't say so.

answered Oct 11 '10 at 08:35

Codo

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 11 '10 at 09:04

3

According to Apple's 'String Format Specifiers' page, simply use %%.

For example:

NSString * aString = @"50%%";

answered Oct 11 '10 at 09:04

izakage

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