How to display % in a string?

[alleycat 28]

I think this is an embarrassing question. How to display % in a string? I have tried double quotation, did not work.

[semiconductor 309]

Try %%.

[alleycat 28]

That did not work. However using "%" as a variable and then referencing it with %1 in the formatted text worked.

[Greenfist 1863]

parsetext format ["Here's a percent symbol: %"];

But it creates structured text instead of string.

[HallyG 239]

format ["%1","%"];

[barbolani 198]

hint format ["50%1 is the half","%"]