Paul McGuire wrote:
>>>>text = r"'the','dog\'s','bite'"
>>>>def unquote(s,l,t):
>
> ... t2 = t[0][1:-1]
> ... return t2.replace("\\'","'")
> ...
Note also, that the codec 'string-escape' can be used to do what's done
with str.replace in this example:
py> s
"'the','dog\\'s','bite'"
py> s.replace("\\'", "'")
"'the','dog's','bite'"
py> s.decode('string-escape')
"'the','dog's','bite'"
Using str.decode() is a little more general as it will also decode other
escaped characters. This may be good or bad depending on your needs.
STeVe
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