% sign in python?

[Terry Reedy]

korean_dave wrote:
> What does this operator do? Specifically in this context
> 
> test.log( "[[Log level %d: %s]]" % ( level, msg ), description )
> 
> (Tried googling and searching, but the "%" gets interpreted as an
> operation and distorts the search results)

Having seen a number of comments like this over the years (about the 
difficulty of searching for symbol meanings), I just started, last 
night, a symbol index listing nearly all Python syntax uses of 
non-alpha-or-digit ascii symbols.  When I finish and upload it 
somewhere, I will post an announcement with the link.

tjr