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b1g4L

Dec 7th, 2006 10:18 AM

\ as a character, not escape sequence

I am parsing a text file and during the process I need to check for a '\'. Python of course thinks I am trying to use the escape sequence. Any way around this?

Here is some example code:

if self.data[index] == '\':

   print "Detected a backslash"

Arevos

Dec 7th, 2006 10:30 AM

Use "\\". That will give you a single, literal backslash.

b1g4L

Dec 7th, 2006 10:32 AM

Thanks so much!

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