Very stupid question about a % symbol

[Terry Reedy]

On 9/16/2010 12:23 PM, J wrote:

> 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!

Doubling an escape char, whatever it is, is a common convention:
 >>> print("Print a {{}} format string line this: {{{}}}".format(2))
Print a {} format string line this: {2}

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Terry Jan Reedy