On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:29 PM, jwither<jwit...@sxder4kmju.com> wrote: > Given a string (read from a file) which contains raw escape sequences, > (specifically, slash n), what is the best way to convert that to a parsed > string, where the escape sequence has been replaced (specifically, by a > NEWLINE token)?
There's probably a more general method covering all the escape sequences, but for just \n: your_string = your_string.replace("\\n", "\n") Cheers, Chris -- http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list