[3.8] bpo-21018: added missing documentation about escaping characters for configparser (GH-6137) by miss-islington · Pull Request #15846 · python/cpython
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@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ from ``get()`` calls.
my_dir: %(home_dir)s/lumberjack
my_pictures: %(my_dir)s/Pictures
[Escape] gain: 80%% # use a %% to escape the % sign (% is the only character that needs to be escaped)
In the example above, :class:`ConfigParser` with *interpolation* set to ``BasicInterpolation()`` would resolve ``%(home_dir)s`` to the value of Expand Down Expand Up @@ -346,6 +348,9 @@ from ``get()`` calls. my_dir: ${home_dir}/lumberjack my_pictures: ${my_dir}/Pictures
[Escape] cost: $$80 # use a $$ to escape the $ sign ($ is the only character that needs to be escaped)
Values from other sections can be fetched as well:
.. code-block:: ini Expand Down
[Escape] gain: 80%% # use a %% to escape the % sign (% is the only character that needs to be escaped)
In the example above, :class:`ConfigParser` with *interpolation* set to ``BasicInterpolation()`` would resolve ``%(home_dir)s`` to the value of Expand Down Expand Up @@ -346,6 +348,9 @@ from ``get()`` calls. my_dir: ${home_dir}/lumberjack my_pictures: ${my_dir}/Pictures
[Escape] cost: $$80 # use a $$ to escape the $ sign ($ is the only character that needs to be escaped)
Values from other sections can be fetched as well:
.. code-block:: ini Expand Down