Hi Alexander, Alexander Eisenhuth wrote: > ... as you can find in os.py at line 1 ? This is a raw string. Raw strings don't interpret the escape sequences. Try this: >>> print 'a\nb\tc' a b c >>> print r'a\nb\tc' a\nb\tc
You needn't use the raw string for printing the backslashes. You can escape them like this: >>> print 'a\\nb\\tc' a\nb\tc > Regards Alexander Regards, Claudio -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list