I found my problem, the backslash isn't really there. It is just the way it was displayed in the shell after being split from a larger string. Printing it yields D132259','','status=no,location=no,width=630,height=550,left=200,top=100')" target="_blank" class="dvLink" title="Send an Email to selected employee">
As as opposed to what I got by just typing the variable name in the shell. jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
