[special char interpolation]What am I missing?

[Martin]

Renpy sdk 8.2.0
Some problem with text interpolation in renpy.say...

" %% problem" # Ok -> % problem
e "\% problem" # Ok -> % problem

label test (mess):
"[mess]"
return

$renpy.call ("test", "%% problem") # ?? -> "%% problem"

# but...
$renpy.say(None, "%% problem") # ko - > "%% problem"
# and
$renpy.say (None, "\% Problem") # ko exception 'related to the P of problem not recognized
$renpy.say (None, "\%") # ko exception (incomplete format)

As said in title, am I really missing something or is this a bug?

Thks

[Imperf3kt]

If I understand you correctly...
try it this way

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label start:
    "some test."
    jump somelabel

label test (mess):
    "[mess]."
    return

label somelabel:
    $renpy.call ("test", str("% problem"))

    "test successful."
    return
    

You could also achieve it this way

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default testvar = ""
##################
label start:
    "some test."
    jump somelabel

label test (mess):
    "[mess]."
    return

label somelabel:
    $testvar = "% problem"
    $renpy.call ("test", testvar)

    "test successful."
    return

[Martin]

Thanks for your answer...but for me it doesn't solve my problem
It wasn't a good idea to add (for completude?) the renpy.call case...

Real question was why do say and renpy.say have a different behavior regarding special character?

My problem is : I'm reading text in a file to display it on the screen. I want to do some interpolations in this text (could contain [var] and {tag} things)...
But I'm currently unable to display properly a % char (and some others) found in the input (best I can achieve is %% )

[Martin]

So nobody has an idea / workaround for this 'simple' problem :

why renpy.say doesn't work with some escape sequences when normal say works...

Should be easy !

[Imperf3kt]

You could try the discord.

I've never used renpy.say so I have no experience with it