When will I remember that I need to escape $ on the command line... On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:59, John Wiegley <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>> Craig Earls <[email protected]> > writes: > > > While trying to answer another users question I realized I need a better > > understanding of the wildcards in formatting statements. These are the > %$3 > > etc. you see at the end of the register formatting string. I couldn't > get > > them to work for me on the command line. Can anyone clue me in on how > they > > are supposed to work? I thought they were simple field substitutions > from > > the first line of the format string. > > If you have %("foo")%/%$1, it should print foofoo. It simply says, "repeat > the interpolated _expression_ for the first substitution" (not just the > interpolated string value). The %/ is used by the various reports > differently. For balance it separate the account lines from the total > line; > for register it separates the first posting of a transaction from the other > postings in the same transaction. > > John > -- Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ enderw88.wordpress.com
