On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:29:23 +1000 "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)?
I don't know what your actual requirement is but maybe this fits: exec("print '%s'" % x) -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <da...@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list