[issue41289] '%' character in help= for argparse causes ValueError: incomplete format

2020-07-12 Thread Neil Godber
Neil Godber added the comment: Hi, yes I did just then and indeed this worked. Wasn't aware of this. Further, curiously I am no longer able recreate this issue so I will close this for now. Sorry for the bother. -- stage: -> resolved status: open -

[issue41289] '%' character in help= for argparse causes ValueError: incomplete format

2020-07-12 Thread Neil Godber
New submission from Neil Godber : '%' character in help= for argparse causes ValueError: incomplete format. I am attempting to use the percentage character in my help string but get the above error. Presumably argparse assumes % denotes formatting when this is not the case. I ha