Python - How to print variable that has been assigned to an indentation?

Question

Once I assign an indentation to a variable, how can I print that specific thing that I assigned ? For example, this prints whitespace

delim = "\t"
print(delim)

whereas I would like to print out \t. I do not want to assign delim to be "\\t"

Possible duplicate of [Display special characters when using print statement](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6477823/display-special-characters-when-using-print-statement) — Sohaib Farooqi, Jul 23 '18 at 09:10
By the way, that character is not called "indentation," though indentation is a result of pressing that key when typing code in a text editor. The character is called "tab" which is an abbreviation of "tabulation." — Rory Daulton, Jul 23 '18 at 09:11

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '18 at 08:57

6

print(repr(delim)) will have the desired output

answered Jul 23 '18 at 08:57

T.Nel

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '18 at 08:58

0

This will work

delim = r"\t"
print(delim)

answered Jul 23 '18 at 08:58

Agile_Eagle

2 Answers2