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

Just use a second percentage symbol.

In [17]: '%s %%s %s' % ('foo', 'bar')
Out[17]: 'foo %s bar'