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1. Python string formatting when string contains "%s" without escaping    stackoverflow.com

When formatting a string, my string may contain a modulo "%" that I do not wish to have converted. I can escape the string and change each "%" to "%%" ...

2. How to escape character '.' in python string replacement via the operator %    stackoverflow.com

I want to do the following

"@file %(unitname).C" % {'unitname':'Test'}

3. Python subprocess: how to pipe to gnuplot a command to plot a variable?    stackoverflow.com

I am not trying to do anything fancy here. I am trying to automate plotting some experiment data in the following script:

print "processing: ", filename

gnuplot = Popen(gnuplot_bin,stdin = PIPE).stdin

if state_plot:

  ...

4. How to escape char in Python 3 ''' string?    stackoverflow.com

Here is the String:

'''This is a test { <-- escape these ---> } '''

{

}