That is not the problem. The problem is that
re.sub('a','\\n','bab')
cannot be the same as
re.sub('a','\n','bab')
This is evaluating the string to be substituted before the substitution.
Massimo
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Subject: Re: re.sub
On 10/16/07, Massimo Di Pierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Even stranger
>
> >>> re.sub('a', '\\n','bab')
> 'b\nb'
> >>> print re.sub('a', '\\n','bab')
> b
> b
>
You called print, so instead of getting an escaped string literal, the
string is being printed to your terminal, which is printing the
newline.
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