problems using % in strings with %(var)s replacements

[Michael Haggerty]

"Thomas Weholt" <thomas at cintra.no> writes:

> Say I got a string s = "%(number)s among 50% are efficient for
> %(customer_name)s."
> [...]
> I see the % in 50% is the problem but how can I use the %-char in strings
> and still use %(...)s replacements??

Use '%%' to get a single '%':

    >>> s = "%(number)s among 50%% are efficient for %(customer_name)s."
    >>> s % {'number':42,'customer_name':'Acme Inc.'}
    '42 among 50% are efficient for Acme Inc..'

Michael

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Michael Haggerty
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