trouble using \ to escape %

[Rob Williscroft]

Lucas Machado wrote in news:1113606334.524947.54630
@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com in comp.lang.python:

> str1 = "[%s%s]\n\tpath = /mnt/samba/%s%s/\%U" % (list[0], list[1],
> list[0], list[1])
> 

In a format string use '%%' for a single % char':

str1 = "[%s%s]\n\tpath = /mnt/samba/%s%s/%%U" % (list[0], list[1],list[0], 
list[1])


Rob.
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