If you need it for running a SQL query using the LIKE operator...the 
following worked for me:

sqlstring = "SELECT * FROM tableX WHERE fieldY LIKE '%"+something[0]+"%'"


On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 12:28:35 PM UTC-5, Alejandro Garza Gracia 
wrote:
>
> Hello, I've looked through the documentation and the questions asked but I 
> haven't been able to escape the '%' percent character in a string.
>
> I've tried using '\%' and '%%' in a label string, but none has worked so 
> far.
>
> I'd appreciate the help.
>

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