Raw string: I would like to print "\"

Asked Sep 25 '16 at 14:47

Active Sep 25 '16 at 14:48

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Python 3.5.2

s = r'\'
print(s)

  File "/home/michael/workspace/regexp/regexp.py", line 1
    s = r'\'
           ^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

Could you help me understand why this expression leads to an error. If I add another symbol, say, s = r'\\', no syntax error.

But I want just one slash.

edited Sep 25 '16 at 14:48

asked Sep 25 '16 at 14:47

Michael

Use `'\\'` (not a raw string literal). – Martijn Pieters Sep 25 '16 at 14:48
That seems to be part of the question. Why not a raw string? – Michael Sep 25 '16 at 14:49
See the duplicate, you can't end a raw string literal in a backslash because both `\'` and `\"` still have special meaning in a raw string literal. – Martijn Pieters Sep 25 '16 at 14:50
Thank you. My question really is a duplicate. – Michael Sep 25 '16 at 14:54

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