String formatting char

[Dale Strickland-Clark]

The string formatting operator, %, is a mighty powerful beastie when
used in mapping mode if the map is an object of your own.

You can even get substitution values from a database.

However, the %(x)y syntax isn't appropriate if there are already '%'
characters in the string or if, for some reason, you need to run the
substition twice on two different mapping objects.

You can get around it by substituting '%' for '%%' or translating to
another char and translating back afterwards but what a pain!

Is there some way to alter the format escape character from % to
something else?
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Dale Strickland-Clark
Riverhall Systems Ltd