hi i want to print something like this |\|
first i tried it as string a = "|\|" it prints ok but when i put it to a list a = ["|\|"] it gives me '|\\|' .there are 2 back slashes...i only want one.. how can i properly escape it? I have tried [r"|\|"] , [r'\\'] but they do not work... thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list