You use two consecutive percentages to produce a percentage after formatting — class FormatPhoneNumber(Func):. Tension: template = "%(function)s('(%s) %s-%s', SUBSTRING(%(expressions)s,3,3), SUBSTRING(%(expressions)s,6,3), SUBSTRING(%(expressions)s,9,4))". Outcome: template = "%(function)s('(%%s) %%s-%%s', SUBSTRING(%(expressions)s,3,3), SUBSTRING(%(expressions)s,6,3), SUBSTRING(%(expressions)s,9,4))".

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