Very stupid question about a % symbol

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:25:06 -0400, J wrote:

> OK, this is a very stupid question about a very simple topic, but Google
> is failing me this morning...
[...]

Others have already answered your question, but for future reference, 
many people won't bother to read posts with a meaningless subject line 
like "Very stupid question about ...". 

Very stupid questions invite very stupid answers. I guess you can be 
grateful that this Python group is more friendly than the average tech 
group, otherwise you might have got no answers at all, or a sarcastic 
one. Besides, your actual question isn't stupid at all. It is a sensible, 
although basic, question.

A better subject line would have been:

"How to insert percent sign in % format strings?"

or some variation thereof. This will also be of benefit to others, who 
some day may be Googling for the answer to the same question.


Regards,



-- 
Steven