[swift-users] Swift localisation, percentage sign escaping

[Zhao Xin]

You should try localizedStringWithFormat(_:_:)
<https://developer.apple.com/reference/swift/string/1414192-localizedstringwithformat#>
.

`static func localizedStringWithFormat(_ format: String, _ arguments:
CVarArg...) -> String`

Zhaoxin

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 1:42 AM, Saagar Jha via swift-users <
swift-users at swift.org> wrote:

> Interpolation doesn’t need escaping, but String(format:) does.
>
> Saagar Jha
>
> On May 11, 2017, at 02:44, Adam Sutcliffe via swift-users <
> swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been having an issue with a localised string,, one of which has a
> percentage sign in it:
>
> "GAMERANK_5_DESC" = "Wow! You're racing ahead. Only 5%% of our users get
> here!";
>
> the key is built as such:
>
> Obj-c : NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"GAMERANK_%@_DESC"
> ,rank];
>
> Swift: let key = "GAMERANK_\(rank)_DESC"
>
> Then localised with the same macro:  NSLocalizedString(key, @"");
>
> The output is different though:
>
> Obj- C = "Wow! You're racing ahead. Only 5% of our users get here!"
> Swift = "Wow! You're racing ahead. Only 5%% of our users get here!"
>
> Is this a bug in the swifts localisation parsing? Does the percentage sign
> not need to be escaped in Swift?
>
> Cheers
>
> --
>
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> ADAM SUTCLIFFE
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