[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Issue #13685 - Update argparse help message for % sign usage.

senthil.kumaran python-checkins at python.org
Tue Jun 26 08:18:28 CEST 2012


http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c696416eb4e9
changeset:   77788:c696416eb4e9
branch:      3.2
parent:      77784:1bc1a14feb70
user:        Senthil Kumaran <senthil at uthcode.com>
date:        Tue Jun 26 14:17:19 2012 +0800
summary:
  Issue #13685 - Update argparse help message for % sign usage.

files:
  Doc/library/argparse.rst |  3 +++
  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -1082,6 +1082,9 @@
    optional arguments:
     -h, --help  show this help message and exit
 
+As the help string supports %-formatting, if you want a literal ``%`` to appear
+in the help string, you must escape it as ``%%``.
+
 :mod:`argparse` supports silencing the help entry for certain options, by
 setting the ``help`` value to ``argparse.SUPPRESS``::
 

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython


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