Capturing printf output

[Joe Caverly]

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TCC  30.00.22 x64   Windows 10 [Version 10.0.19044.3086]
BuildNumber  Caption                   CSDVersion  OSArchitecture  Version
19044        Microsoft Windows 10 Pro              64-bit          10.0.19044

Presented as an example;

set ppp=2.99186
printf "%8.2f" %ppp
    2.99

Above works as it should.

Capturing printf output;

echo %{printf "%8.2f" %ppp}
.2f

...does not work.

Capturing printf output by doubling the % of the format string works;

echo %{printf "%%8.2f" %ppp}
    2.99

Not sure if this is WAD, but posting for my future reference.

Joe

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