Very stupid question about a % symbol

[J]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:09, Grant Edwards <invalid at invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2010-09-16, J <dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Reported memory amounts are within 10% tolerance
>
>>>> "Reported memory amounts are within %d%% tolerance" % 10
> 'Reported memory amounts are within 10% tolerance'

Thanks for the replies... I KNEW there was a simple way to escape the
% but I had no idea what it was (I just had conviction).

I was thrown when the \ didn't escape it... never knew about %%.  But
now I do!  Thanks for the replies!