Percent sign in format string?

[Erik Max Francis]

Ron Levine wrote:

> How can I put a "%" sign in a format string?
> 
> For example, x=98 and  I want to output
>  "x = 98%"
> 
> The statement
>      print "x = %d%"%x
> produces a ValueError: incomplete format string
> 
> So does the statement
>      print "x = %d\%"%x

You want:

	print "x = %d%%" % x

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