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| author | Arun Persaud <arun@nubati.net> | 2019-09-10 12:51:09 (GMT) |
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| committer | Julien Palard <julien@palard.fr> | 2019-09-10 12:51:09 (GMT) |
| commit | 9a94093189417adddd6b59d6c80cc5544630c8aa (patch) | |
| tree | 8f2bac1d0dfcc84c0a72f00ddcd1dcdd0520504b | |
| parent | 734f1202a50641eb2c4bfbcd5b75247c1dc99a8f (diff) | |
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bpo-21018: added missing documentation about escaping characters for configparser (GH-6137)
Document how $ and % can be escaped in configparser.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst index 04b52dc..739477f 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 |