# html export producing "SYNTAX ERROR IN FORMATTING STRING"

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-producing-syntax-error-in-formatting-string/12260
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 11, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-producing-syntax-error-in-formatting-string/12260 "2011-07-11T22:16:54Z")
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### Author: ![blixa](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@blixa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blixa)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-producing-syntax-error-in-formatting-string/12260/1 "2011-07-11T22:16:54Z")

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Hi,

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I was curious if anyone could point me to the proper documentation or suggest a solution to this? 

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I know whats causing the error. its the %'s in my width comment in my table. Example:

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<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" bgcolor="#D0D0D0">

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the % in that width statement as stated before is causing the error.

Any suggestions?

-Blixa

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### Author: ![blixa](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@blixa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blixa)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-producing-syntax-error-in-formatting-string/12260/2 "2011-07-11T22:28:03Z")

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Actually anything with a % produces the error assume because of the nature of how variables are handled by the program.

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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-producing-syntax-error-in-formatting-string/12260/3 "2011-07-12T08:25:04Z")

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> [@blixa](#):
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> Actually anything with a % produces the error assume because of the nature of how variables are handled by the program.

Hi 'blixa', please see into this thread ...  
[Exporting to HTML, Pushing through Javascript / JQuery](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/12035/4)  
... and learn from it to 'literalize' resp. escape foreign code lines which are not related to the Mp3tag Scripting Language.

DD.20110712.1225.CEST

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-producing-syntax-error-in-formatting-string/12260/4 "2026-02-09T12:23:12Z")

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