How do you escape % when formatting a string?

[erikcw]

Hi,

I'm trying to format a string like so:

string = "You have a 75% chance of success with %s, don't use %s" %(a,
b)

This gives me:
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string

I've tried 75\%, but that doesn't seem to help. What am I missing?

Thanks!
Erik

 

[irstas]

Hi,

I'm trying to format a string like so:

string = "You have a 75% chance of success with %s, don't use %s" %(a,
b)

This gives me:
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string

I've tried 75\%, but that doesn't seem to help. What am I missing?

Thanks!
Erik

Use %%.
"75"

 

[irstas]

Use %%.


"75"

Oups, I made a typo in the result which should've been "75%"

 

[Terry Reedy]

| Hi,
|
| I'm trying to format a string like so:
|
| string = "You have a 75% chance of success with %s, don't use %s" %(a,
| b)
|
| This gives me:
| TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
|
| I've tried 75\%, but that doesn't seem to help. What am I missing?

The reference manual?