York wrote: > I have two backslash - a. and I want to replace them with one backslash, > but I failed: > > >>> import re > >>> a = '\\\\' > >>> re.sub(r'\\\\', '\\', '\\\\')
John has already sorted the RE-specific part of the problem, but it's
also worth noting that using the RE engine for literal strings is over-
kill; an ordinary replace is easier to use and faster:
>>> a = "\\\\"
>>> a.replace("\\\\", "\\")
'\\'
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