Understanding the Economic Extension on Travellermap and Traveller Wiki

[InexorableTash]

Theoretically, 'ex:??9?' should work, but it doesn't; 'ex:??9?*' does.

The Ex field is 5 characters wide (3 eHex digits, a positive or negative sign, then 1 decimal digit), so ??9? is not expected to work. ??9?? would.

 

[J. L. Brown]

The Ex field is 5 characters wide (3 eHex digits, a positive or negative sign, then 1 decimal digit), so ??9? is not expected to work. ??9?? would.

And there is my problem, thank you! I was expecting '?' to stand in for a 'value', but it doesn't -- it stands in for a 'character'.