From 122bbf7f8ac2cef4368e3601af593a027dc62ccf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 06:32:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-21018: added missing documentation about escaping characters for configparser (GH-6137) (GH-15845) Document how $ and % can be escaped in configparser. (cherry picked from commit 9a94093189417adddd6b59d6c80cc5544630c8aa) Co-authored-by: Arun Persaud --- Doc/library/configparser.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst index 68b663ff7f65..6ab858578ba2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst +++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst @@ -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 @@ -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 -- 2.47.3