Character sequences starting with a backslash (\) have a special meaning There are three wide-spread ways to format strings in Python:
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matching groups of three single or double quotes (these are generally referred to as triple-quoted strings) The backslash (\) character is used to escape
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As in Python string literals, the backslash can be Putting REs in strings keeps the Python language simpler, but has one disadvantage which is the topic
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An escape character gets interpreted; in a singlequoted as well as doublequoted strings Backslash notation Hexadecimal character Description
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For example, the string literal r”n” consists of two characters: a backslash and a lowercase 'n' String quotes can be escaped with a backslash,
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Escaped characters in String literals can be expanded by replacing In Python strings, the backslash "\" is a special character,
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The text enclosed in quotes forms a string literal in Python (a) By adding a backslash at the end of normal single-quote / double-quote strings
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This is what's special about Python raw strings By preceding a string with r, you tell Python to interpret backslashes literally, so there's no need to add
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(raw strings) can't do invisible stuff, but avoid problems Do you absolutely need them in Python? backslash is special in Python strings
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