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- 5I've tried to keep this answer focussed specifically on the "double backslash" misunderstanding, but it's also useful to know about raw string literals.Zero Piraeus– Zero Piraeus2014-06-06 15:48:33 +00:00Commented Jun 6, 2014 at 15:48
- Input: 'I am 5' 6' output: ''I am 5\' 6'' I am trying so hard to find easy ways to achieve this but does not seems so easy. Any advice please?WPFKK– WPFKK2023-02-15 22:37:19 +00:00Commented Feb 15, 2023 at 22:37
- It's not practical to answer a different question in comments, but careful reading of docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html#strings might help. Note that in order to unambiguously represent a string literal which contains both single and double quotes, Python is forced to escape at least one of those with a backslash. Note also that as explained above, the representation of a string in e.g. an interactive console is not the same as the content of that string.Zero Piraeus– Zero Piraeus2023-02-16 08:58:48 +00:00Commented Feb 16, 2023 at 8:58
- Since you brought up raw string literals, it's important to be aware of one limitation of them - you can't end a raw string literal with a backslash. It's a quirk in the way they're parsed.Mark Ransom– Mark Ransom2024-09-27 18:41:31 +00:00Commented Sep 27, 2024 at 18:41
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