On Apr 21, 11:48 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi...
>
> Here's a weird problem...I'm trying to escape a bunch of data to put
> into a database.
>
> Here's what I have:
>
> def escape(string):
> """
> Escape both single quotes and blackslashes
> >>> x = r"fun\fun"
> >>> escape(x)
> 'fun\\\\fun'
> """
> string = string.replace('\\', '\\\\')
> return string
>
> Now the commands in the doctest work when I type them by hand into the
> python interpreter!>>> x = r"fun\fun"
> >>> escape(x)
>
> 'fun\\\\fun'
>
> But they don't work when I actually run them with doctest:
> Failed example:
> escape(x)
> Expected:
> 'fun\\fun'
> Got:
> 'fun\x0cun'
>
> Why?
>
> Thanks!
Your doctest is in a triple-quoted string which contains the line:
>>> x = r"fun\fun"
^^
which is the same as:
>>> x = r"fun\x0cun"
^^^^
If you wrap a raw string in just quotes that is isn't a raw string any
longer!
HTH
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