Unsupported Format Character '' (0x26)
I get an error message Unsupported Format Character '' (0x26) I narrowed it down to these two variables any idea how to fix it? SEARCH_URL_0 = http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdEf1XGxMJRoAUdml87UF;_ylc=X1MDMjE0MjQ3ODk0OARfcgMyBGZyA3NmcARuX2dwcwMxMARvcmlnaW4Dc3ljBHF1ZXJ5A3Rlc3QEc2FvAzE-?p=%(query)fr=sfpfr2=iscqry= NEXT_PAGE_0 = http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdEEMXWxMnBAAiWhXNyoA?p=%(query)fr=sfpxargs=12KPjg1qNyy4-MkfqnfKqLCLLAhlMFta2Epstart=%(start)b=11 Not sure why its doing it the value in parenthesis should work %(query) etc Any ideas cheeers -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Unsupported Format Character '' (0x26)
Andrew Evans wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Andrew Evans randra...@gmail.com wrote: I get an error message Unsupported Format Character '' (0x26) I narrowed it down to these two variables any idea how to fix it? SEARCH_URL_0 = http://search.yahoo.com/search...?p=%(query)... nvm I got it by adding s and d respectively after each value eg %(query)s If you want to handle this reliably have a look at urllib.urlencode(). Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: [Python] Unsupported Format Character '' (0x26)
On 08/18/2010 06:35 PM, Andrew Evans wrote: I get an error message Unsupported Format Character '' (0x26) I narrowed it down to these two variables any idea how to fix it? SEARCH_URL_0 = http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdEf1XGxMJRoAUdml87UF;_ylc=X1MDMjE0MjQ3ODk0OARfcgMyBGZyA3NmcARuX2dwcwMxMARvcmlnaW4Dc3ljBHF1ZXJ5A3Rlc3QEc2FvAzE-?p=%(query)fr=sfpfr2=iscqry= http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdEf1XGxMJRoAUdml87UF;_ylc=X1MDMjE0MjQ3ODk0OARfcgMyBGZyA3NmcARuX2dwcwMxMARvcmlnaW4Dc3ljBHF1ZXJ5A3Rlc3QEc2FvAzE-?p=%%28query%29fr=sfpfr2=iscqry= NEXT_PAGE_0 = http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdEEMXWxMnBAAiWhXNyoA?p=%(query)fr=sfpxargs=12KPjg1qNyy4-MkfqnfKqLCLLAhlMFta2Epstart=%(start)b=11 http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdEEMXWxMnBAAiWhXNyoA?p=%%28query%29fr=sfpxargs=12KPjg1qNyy4-MkfqnfKqLCLLAhlMFta2Epstart=%%28start%29b=11 Not %(query) Should be %(query)s The 's' means string. -- Chris. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Unsupported Format Character '' (0x26)
nvm I got it by adding s and d respectively after each value eg %(query)s thank you all On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Andrew Evans randra...@gmail.com wrote: I get an error message Unsupported Format Character '' (0x26) I narrowed it down to these two variables any idea how to fix it? SEARCH_URL_0 = http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdEf1XGxMJRoAUdml87UF;_ylc=X1MDMjE0MjQ3ODk0OARfcgMyBGZyA3NmcARuX2dwcwMxMARvcmlnaW4Dc3ljBHF1ZXJ5A3Rlc3QEc2FvAzE-?p=%(query)fr=sfpfr2=iscqry=http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdEf1XGxMJRoAUdml87UF;_ylc=X1MDMjE0MjQ3ODk0OARfcgMyBGZyA3NmcARuX2dwcwMxMARvcmlnaW4Dc3ljBHF1ZXJ5A3Rlc3QEc2FvAzE-?p=%%28query%29fr=sfpfr2=iscqry= NEXT_PAGE_0 = http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdEEMXWxMnBAAiWhXNyoA?p=%(query)fr=sfpxargs=12KPjg1qNyy4-MkfqnfKqLCLLAhlMFta2Epstart=%(start)b=11http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdEEMXWxMnBAAiWhXNyoA?p=%%28query%29fr=sfpxargs=12KPjg1qNyy4-MkfqnfKqLCLLAhlMFta2Epstart=%%28start%29b=11 Not sure why its doing it the value in parenthesis should work %(query) etc Any ideas cheeers -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list