On 15 Apr 2005 16:05:34 -0700, "Lucas Machado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.. Looks like you've already got your answer, but here's some META-help: what to do when you have a problem and your internet connection is broken: 1. GUESS. Extrapolation from examples like DLE DLE in networking, $$ in m4 and \\ in *almost* everything might suggest trying %% 2. READ THE DOCS. Don't know what platform you're running on, but one of what a recent blogger called "hopeless Windows people" [like me] would do is this: Start->Programs->Python 2.4->Python manuals, click on the Index tab, type %, hit Enter ... scrolling down leads to a table of conversion types, the last of which is the somewhat tautological """% No argument is converted, results in a "%" character in the result.""" HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
