Lucas Machado wrote: > I'm writing a python script that modifies the smb.conf file, and i need > to write the characters '%U' in the file. I tried making a string like > so: > > str1 = "[%s%s]\n\tpath = /mnt/samba/%s%s/\%U" % (list[0], list[1], > list[0], list[1]) > > but i keep getting: "TypeError: not enough arguments for format > string". I've also tried making the string: > > str1 = "[%s%s]\n\tpath = /mnt/samba/%s%s/\%" % (list[0], list[1], > list[0], list[1]) > > but i get: "ValueError: incomplete format". These errors lead me to > believe that for some reason it is not escaping the '%' character. > There has to be a way to write '%' to a file. Thanks in advance..
>>> percentage = 93 >>> # The string % operator uses "%%" for the percent sign. >>> format_string = "%d%% of all statistics are made up on the spot." >>> print format_string % percentage 93% of all statistics are made up on the spot. >>> # When the % operator is not used, "%" is just another character. >>> print format_string %d%% of all statistics are made up on the spot. >>> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
