Invalid escape sequence appears in format string. See help sprintf for valid escape sequences
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Abhinav Prashant Mohanakrishnan
on 11 Nov 2013
Commented: Abhinav Prashant Mohanakrishnan
on 11 Nov 2013
I have the following set of fprintf statements.
magnaxialA=(Elem(i).Q(1,1)/1000);
magnshearA=(Elem(i).Q(2,1))/1000;
magnmomentA=(Elem(i).Q(3,1))/1000;
fprintf('\n\tStart Node\n')
fprintf('\Axial Force %f kN\n',abs(magnaxialA))
fprintf('\Shear Force %f kN\n',abs(magnshearA))
fprintf('\Moment %f kN-m\n',abs(magnmomentA))
But I keep getting the error message Invalid escape sequence appears in format string. See help sprintf for valid escape sequences
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Image Analyst
on 11 Nov 2013
Get rid of the first backslash since \A, \S, and \M are invalid.
fprintf('\n\tStart Node\n')
fprintf('Axial Force %f kN\n',abs(magnaxialA))
fprintf('Shear Force %f kN\n',abs(magnshearA))
fprintf('Moment %f kN-m\n',abs(magnmomentA))
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