Sometimes, we want to selectively escape percent (%) in Python strings.
In this article, we’ll look at how to selectively escape percent (%) in Python strings.
How to selectively escape percent (%) in Python strings?
To selectively escape percent (%) in Python strings, we put %
before the %
sign to escape it.
For instance, we write
elective_escape = "Print percent %% in sentence and not %s" % test
to escape the first %
with %%
.
Then we print the string, one %
will be printed.
Conclusion
To selectively escape percent (%) in Python strings, we put %
before the %
sign to escape it.