On Aug 22, 11:06 am, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eval() doesn't seem to recognize the r'string' format. Is there a way
> around this.
> Example:
> If I input: ---------> eval("r'C:\tklll\ndfd\bll'")
> I get the output:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module>
> eval("r'C:\tklll\ndfd\bll'")
> File "<string>", line 1
> r'C: klll
> ^
> SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
>
> The same principle applies for exec.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark
This is not a raw string: "r'\tsomething in quotes'". It is a string
starting with an "r", a "'", a tab, and and "s".
This is a raw string: r'\tsomething in quotes'. It is a string
starting with a "\", a "t" and an "s".
Notice that the \t and \n in c:\tkllll\ndfd\bll were treated like tab
and newline? Try eval(r'c:\tkllll\ndfd\bll')
(You will get a different error now, but it wont be a raw string
problem.)
-- Paul
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