python, format string

Question

I am trying to build a format string with lazy argument, eg I need smth like:

\"%s \\%s %s\" % (\'foo\', \'bar\') # \"foo %s bar\"

how can

Answer 1

%% escapes the % symbol. So basically you just have to write:

"%s %%s %s" % ('foo', 'bar') # "foo %s bar"

And if ever you need to output a percentage or something:

>>> "%s %s %%%s" % ('foo', 'bar', '10')
'foo bar %10'