[Tutor] How to leave literal %s in output of formatted string

[Adam Kessel]

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This is a suggestion from one newbie to another--I'm sure there's a
better way to do this, but this worked:=20

VendorID =3D 'ACME'
ReplacementString =3D '%s'
s =3D '%s Download %s' % (VendorID, ReplacementString)

--Adam

On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 10:28:42AM -0400, Jeff Kowalczyk wrote:
> I want to build a format string in code. How do I leave a
> literal %s in my string formatting output? I can't find any
> escape code for the % character.
>=20
> (desired output)
> >>> VendorID =3D 'ACME'
> >>> s =3D '%s Download \%s' % VendorID
> 'Acme Download %s'

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