[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks -- a percent escapes itself when using %-formatting. > > Stephen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all. How do I escape the "%" sign in a print statement so that it > > prints? Thanks. > >
The following methods of getting answers to problems can be handy if it's non-peak hours on the net or your internet connection is broken/slow : 1. Reasoning: How do you get a literal "'" into an SQL string constant? How do you get a literal "\" into a Python string constant? How do you get a literal "$" into some *x shell command lines? Do you detect a pattern? 2. Inspecting the documentation: in this case, it says: """% <tab> No argument is converted, results in a "%" character in the result. """ If that is not sufficiently clear, can you suggest how it might be improved? HTH generally, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
