[issue15823] argparse produces error when multiply help lines

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[issue15823] argparse produces error when multiply help lines

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[issue15823] argparse produces error when multiply help lines

R. David Murray added the comment: The problem is the timeformat. % codes are used to include data into the strings, so if you want a literal % in the help string, you need to double it. -- nosy: +r.david.murray ___ Python tracker

[issue15823] argparse produces error when multiply help lines

New submission from Nikolay Golub: When i use this code: parser.add_argument('-r', '--range', action = 'store', dest = 'ranges', nargs = 2, metavar = 'RANGE', required = False