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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
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Subject: Re: Correct syntax for pathological re.search()
Date: 7 Oct 2024 14:32:06 GMT
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"Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote or quoted:
>For now, I'll use the "r" in a cargo-cult fashion, until I decide which
>syntax I prefer. (Is there any reason that one or the other is preferable?)

  I'd totally go with the r-style notation!

  It's got one bummer though - you can't end such a string literal with
  a backslash. But hey, no biggie, you could use one of those notations:

  main.py

path = r'C:\Windows\example' + '\\'

print( path )
    
path = r'''
C:\Windows\example\
'''.strip()

print( path )

  stdout

C:\Windows\example\
C:\Windows\example\

  .