% sign in python?

[Robert Bossy]

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)
>   
It's the string formatting operator:
    http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq-strings.html


Btw, a good place to start searching would be:
    http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html
especially:
    http://docs.python.org/lib/genindex.html

Cheers
RB