Rigga wrote: >> No, the r was the point - it's there to tell Python not to do any >> escaping on the string. Try it again with the r and see what happens. >> > Brilliant!!! that works a treat thankyou!!, where on earth did you find > out > about the 'r' any pointers to documentation appreciated. This is a pretty common problem when working with regular expression (which usually contain many backslashes) - that's where I saw this syntax for the first time (e.g. http://docs.python.org/lib/match-objects.html). The official reference for string literals is here: http://docs.python.org/ref/strings.html
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