# It's looks like a bug

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-looks-like-a-bug/5056>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [February 13, 2014, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-looks-like-a-bug/5056 "2014-02-13T11:30:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![lifesoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@lifesoul](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/lifesoul)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-looks-like-a-bug/5056/1 "2014-02-13T11:30:24Z")

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When I was visiting github,I found something like a bug.  
It’s in:  
SRC/melee.cpp L:1338

```auto
    tmp.text = string_format(_("&s rakes %s with his tentacle!"),
```

If I am wrong, forgive me.

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-looks-like-a-bug/5056/2 "2014-02-13T13:38:46Z")

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You mean the \_(“string”) part?

yeah, that also confused me. Apparently it is for internationalization.

> <https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/6078>

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**Author:** ![lifesoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@lifesoul](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/lifesoul)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-looks-like-a-bug/5056/3 "2014-02-13T23:55:14Z")

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Emm,I mean the first placeholder in the string.

```
tmp.text = string_format(_("&s rakes %s with his tentacle!"),

```

It’s might be a %s but &s?

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-looks-like-a-bug/5056/4 "2014-02-14T03:09:38Z")

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That was mine. PR’d a fix. Thanks for reporting.

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-looks-like-a-bug/5056/5 "2014-02-14T09:05:26Z")

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[quote=“lifesoul, post:3, topic:5056”]Emm,I mean the first placeholder in the string.

```
tmp.text = string_format(_("&s rakes %s with his tentacle!"),

```

It’s might be a %s but &s?[/quote]

Indeed. 😃 totally missed that. Good find!

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-looks-like-a-bug/5056/6 "2014-02-14T12:45:31Z")

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With his tentacles? Oh… What kind of cfreatures are you devs creating? D:  
Just joking, i think it is from the Tentacles mutation, no?

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-looks-like-a-bug/5056/7 "2014-02-14T13:04:15Z")

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in melee.cpp:

if (has\_trait(“CLAWS\_TENTACLE”)) {  
tmp.text = string\_format(\_("&s rakes %s with his tentacle!"),

Guess so :D.

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**Author:** ![lifesoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@lifesoul](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/lifesoul)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-looks-like-a-bug/5056/8 "2014-02-14T14:49:21Z")

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It’s my honor to support my meager strength for CDDA. 😃