Can't have "%" symbol in the description of a marker

Cubase
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This was working in Cubase 11 but not in 12.

How to recreate:

  1. Create a marker track.
  2. Create a Cycle- or Positionmarker .
  3. Write something like “40%”
  4. When hitting enter it only says “40” in the project window.
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The % character seems to be some kind of placeholder prefix (similar to that of the printf function in C, like %d, %s etc.). If you enter two successive percent signs, you get a single one in the marker label.

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Hi,

The % symbol is not visible on the Marker event itself. But it’s visible in the Description (Info Line) on my side. Is it the same on your side, please?

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Yes, it’s the same here. I guess, a single % is interpreted as an incomplete character sequence and therefore doesn’t create any output in the marker event. To create a % sign in the event, you have to enter %%. Other printf format specifiers, like %1000s, work as well.
I don’t think this behavior is intended because entering %a%s crashes Cubase.

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Okay, now that’s a bug you can count on!

I presume all of this is a bug. I shall report

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