On 2007-07-03, alf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > question without words: > > >>> r"\" > File "<stdin>", line 1 > r"\" > ^ > SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string > >>> r"\ " > '\\ '
>From the Python Language Reference 2.4.1 String Literals: When an "r" or "R" prefix is present, a character following a backslash is included in the string without change, and all backslashes are left in the string. 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, but the backslash remains in the string; for example, r"\"" is a valid string literal consisting of two characters: a backslash and a double quote; r"\" is not a valid string literal (even a raw string cannot end in an odd number of backslashes). Specifically, a raw string cannot end in a single backslash (since the backslash would escape the following quote character). Note also that a single backslash followed by a newline is interpreted as those two characters as part of the string, not as a line continuation. -- Neil Cerutti Ask about our plans for owning your home --sign at mortgage company -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
