Is there a way to scan a string containing % (percent symbols) using the "Scan from String" function?

[Qianlong]

I am communicating serially with a chilled mirror device and the input string syntax contains this text: "%RH=<input value>"

I have not been able to figure out how to tell the function that the percent here is not a format specifier. Is this possible, or should I just try to use a different function?

Thanks.

[Darin.K]

Use  '\%RH=%f' (or similar) as the format string.  The backslash lets you use the percent character.

[RavensFan · Accepted solution]

Use %% in your format string so that it knows to use the percent literally.  So %%RH=%f

EDIT:  Darin got one in there ahead of me.  It looks like either \% and %% both work.