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How can I escape '%' character in a gettext string?

I use gettext to translate my user interface. I'd like to write symbol % as part of a UI caption in a string, but since it has a special meaning, does not works as expected. How can I escape percent symbols?

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According to the manual a backslash is the escape code, so you should be able to write \% for a literal percent sign.

Rudu  2010-09-16 15:38:32
I get `django.po:3645:9: invalid control sequence` error then.
Török Gábor  2010-09-16 16:15:02
+1  A: 

Use %% to escape %.

bialix  2010-09-16 19:09:07
If I'm right, the same rules apply here as in `sprintf`-like string formatting.
Török Gábor  2010-09-17 07:25:30

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